As she told PEOPLE, "an outside [surrogate], however close, might have wanted to keep the babies, and that would have been ...

Traditional initiation is a rite of passage into manhood for young males that is practiced by various ethnic groups in Africa ...

A Dallas couple turned to Texas Children's Hospital for a complex and high-risk procedure to insert a stent in their son's ...

Over 2,000 years on, modern obstetric care—from calibrated drapes to lifesaving medicines—is reshaping motherhood, giving ...

New research has mapped the cell types that specialize to form reproductive organs in both sexes, identifying key genes and ...

Hospitals don't always publicly disclose their C-section rates, so we compiled our own data from over 1,700 hospitals. Here's ...

We'd like to hear your experience of maternity care - get in touch We are inviting Sky News readers to get in touch with their birth stories after the publication of a damning interim report into ...

The latest figures, for 2023, show caesarean rates have continued their steady rise, up from 40.9 per cent in 2022 and 33.33 per cent in 2013. They have almost doubled since 2000, when just under a ...

March of Dimes issued their annual report on US rates of preterm birth on November 17. The findings are a gut punch. Rates worsened between 2023 and 2024 in 21 states. Preterm birth rates among babies ...

Southwest Human Development's Birth to Five helpline operates Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Parents can call or text (877) 705-KIDS (5437) for immediate ...

His innovations, including homelike delivery rooms and birthing pools, were based on his belief that “human birth cannot work as long as a woman is thinking.” By Adam Nossiter Michel Odent, a French ...

Article 53, Clause 2, together with Article 28, emphasising the right to inherent human dignity, makes clear that every action affecting a child must focus on their well-being. A child's identity is ...