The six weeks after childbirth are critical for physical healing and emotional adjustment. But many new mothers skip their postpartum visit. Kirtly Jones, MD, and Meredith Grady, PT, explain why this ...

Doulas are not medically trained to deliver babies, but researchers have found that the support doulas provide can improve birthing outcomes.

Governments all over the world are trying to reverse the birth rate decline, with almost every country on the planet facing the challenges that may come with fewer babies being born. A major issue is ...

KELSEY PIPER: A lot of the way the economy is set up, institutions like Social Security, they were built when we had a growing population. And they do have a sort of assumption baked into them that ...

The post A Mom Talked About How Expensive It Is To Give Birth to Twins in the U.S. first on TwistedSifter. Healthcare in the ...

The most commonly used and prescribed birth control pill in the U.S. was classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) at the World Health Organization (WHO) as carcinogenic. In ...

President Donald Trump, a father of five who dubbed himself the “fertilization president” during Women’s History Month, has reportedly begun to float potential incentives to bring up the U.S. birth ...

Historical novelist Sarah Dunant has spoken to PEOPLE about her decision to give birth twice without pain relief to see how ...

In recent years, a revitalized pronatalist movement has brought together parts of the religious right, tech types and dedicated "new right" anti-feminists. These camps have some disagreements over ...

If you’re sexually active and don’t want to get pregnant right now, birth control is one of the most effective tools available. Understanding what your options are, and how to get access to ...