A Florida mother is dealing with the loss of her newborn daughter by giving other newborns a better chance at life through ...

Two pregnant Black women were denied adequate medical care at Indiana and Texas hospitals, respectively, highlighting the ...

Expectant mothers in the Gaspé are frequently redirected to hospitals hours away to give birth, and some are warning the ...

A breakthrough to stop life-threatening bleeding in childbirth was only just starting to reach the mothers most at risk when ...

The air conditioning unitin Kaitlin Greenough’s Tampa rental sputtered. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t.

Objectives The roles and functions of traditional birth attendants in the community and in relation to the formal healthcare system have to the best of our knowledge, not previously been explored in ...

Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.

BEAUFORT – Federal regulators cited Beaufort Memorial Hospital in a report that detailed a woman giving birth in its parking lot. Inspectors with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services found ...

This article was published in partnership with NBC News. Lawmakers around the country, moved by harrowing stories of pregnancies in jail, are calling for new measures that make sure women and babies ...

Although the U.S. birth rate is on the decline, the number of women having babies in one age group has increased. Those new mothers are 40 and older. In the U.S., teen birth rates are at historic lows ...

Walking into court, Danielle Edwards thought she might have a chance to get her daughter back—someday. She’d given birth to Lily two years earlier as a state prisoner, and the relative who’d cared for ...

Danielle Edwards and her boyfriend Taylor Layman spend time with their children in their Augusta home in 2024. Photo credit: Kaleen Enke for Motherhood Beyond Bars Walking into court, Danielle Edwards ...