Though it responds to a justified distrust of the medical establishment among women, it also subtly partakes of an insidious mythology. Pregnant women are everywhere, but in a way it’s hard to see ...

Madison Patrick is a sociology and public health major and a 2024-25 Hackworth Fellow with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are her own. Despite the invaluable contribution of medical ...

A person may choose to give birth naturally, without pain management medication, or with an epidural to block sensations of pain in the lower body. Each birthing option has its potential risks and ...

Pregnant women worry. They worry whether the baby is healthy; they worry if they’re eating right and avoiding everything that could possibly be harmful to the new life growing within. They also worry ...

Planning for labor and delivery means thinking through your options – and for some moms-to-be, that includes going medication-free. "If your goal is a medication-free delivery, that is absolutely ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Norton Women’s and Children’s Hospital has added two newly renovated labor and delivery rooms that will give patients more options during childbirth. The rooms will be ideal ...

Separated from the regular labor and delivery floor, it is for women who want a natural childbirth with minimal medical intervention. Yet after she arrived in triage, Binderow, 35, was made to wait.

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