In the final stage before pushing, many women experience uncontrollable trembling, nausea, or even vomiting, symptoms that can be startling if you don’t know why they happen. These are not signs of ...

Labor or childbirth can be described as a fetus and placenta delivered from the uterus via the vagina. Having a successful labor can be dependent on three factors, including maternal effort and ...

Here's what happens during each stage of labor – from how long each stage lasts to what you might feel. Labor happens in three stages — early labor and dilation, pushing and delivery, and finally, ...

Childbirth can be an exciting or worrisome event, depending on how you look at it. Childbirth fear has been linked to lower labor pain tolerance and difficult adjustment postpartum. Using mindfulness ...

Darby Saxbe receives funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and University of Southern California ...

A doula is a trained professional who provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to a mother before, during, and shortly after childbirth. Unlike midwives or obstetricians, ...

Bringing new life into the world is overwhelmingly described and discussed as a joyous, miraculous experience. And while this can certainly be true, the automatic emphasis on the beautiful aspects of ...