Both narratives — that teen birth rates are too high or too low — problematize teen pregnancy and childbearing,” writes Riley ...

The walk is part of a week-long outreach effort to raise awareness for the health disparities impacting expecting mothers in ...

According to new CDC data, there were 3.6 million U.S. births in 2025, a 1% decline from 2024 and down 23% since 2007. The ...

This is the sixth post in a series. In the book Matrescence: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood, Lucy Jones talks about the shocking lack of information available to women regarding what childbirth ...

More women could die in pregnancy and childbirth due to “unprecedented” aid cuts that threaten to undo two decades of progress in maternal healthcare, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned in a ...

Nothing can fully prepare you for the moment you give birth. It doesn’t matter how many books or articles you’ve read. Or whether or not you attended prenatal classes. Not all births are created equal ...

Singapore-based startup Biorithm has developed a monitoring device that women can use to monitor their pregnancies at home. The device, Femom, sends information on the mother and baby's heart rate to ...

People with tokophobia have a very intense fear of pregnancy or childbirth. Although there is no established definition or treatment, healthcare professionals can help people cope with tokophobia.