Freestanding birth centers are closing as maternity care gaps grow

Dr. Heather Skanes opened Alabama's first freestanding birth center in 2022 in her hometown of Birmingham. Skanes, an OB-GYN, ...

Reason Woman Desperately Trying Not To Have Baby Before Midnight Goes Viral

At work, second-time mom Al Sienkiewicz kept her pregnancy private until she informed HR, only to learn how narrow the margin ...

MO lawmakers hope 2026 is the year to boost maternal and infant health

Maternal and infant mortality rates in Missouri are among the worst in the country, a fact several state legislators hope to ...

Derek Hough welcomes first baby with wife Hayley Erbert – See the photo

The Hough clan just got a little bigger. "Dancing with the Stars" judge Derek Hough and his wife Hayley Erbert have welcomed ...

Should you be harvesting your colostrum? Moms are extracting ‘liquid gold’ from their nipples before their babies are even born

Women with presumably healthy pregnancies are celebrating their stashes of colostrum-packed syringes — and urging their ...