There's fashionably late, and then there's downright rude. At least that seems to be the way full-term pregnancies are viewed by nearly everyone, from the soon-to-be parents themselves to friends, ...

Some people like being pregnant. I am not one of those people. And I remember the seemingly never-ending stretch of ...

Inducing labor for women with complications during pregnancy may be falling out of favor in the United States. National health data shows induced childbirths doubled in frequency between 1990 and 2010 ...

If you're facing an induction, you're not alone – and there's no one-size-fits-all experience. If you need some help getting your labor going (or keeping it going), you may be given a drug called ...

Many women want a different kind of pregnancy and birth the next time around. Many want to see the same one or two midwives throughout, and want to choose where they give birth. And when the time ...

Labor induction is one of the most common medical procedures in the world, with nearly one-quarter of women who deliver in the U.S. undergoing the procedure each year (totaling roughly 1 million).

As Derek Hough and Hayley Erbertare, at this point, impatiently, waiting to become parents, the couple is trying everything they can to induce labor. "Apparently, the secret to inducing labor is to ...

Read full article: Maternal deaths are 3 times higher in Black women, doctors say There are very few symptoms of high blood pressure, which is why it’s referred to as the “silent killer,” but there ...