Giving birth is no laughing matter, but the gas seems to help. — -- A Minneapolis mom who wanted a natural birth was more than 13 hours into labor when she felt she wasn't going to make it ...

Childbirth is often described as one of the most intense experiences a human can endure. Yet there’s a popular idea floating around that women somehow forget this pain soon after giving birth, as if ...

CBS Chicago reporter Asal Rezaei spoke with a family who says a hospital sent a pregnant woman home while she was in obvious pain. Minutes later, she delivered her baby in the family car. The mother, ...

Perineal injuries have been neglected and deprioritised, at the expense of women’s health and wellbeing, write Kathrine ...

A Dallas-area woman is seeking answers after she was forced to give birth in a hospital waiting room, an event captured in a ...

It is a common misconception that because women are able to give birth and routinely deal with sometimes agonizing period cramps, they are somehow better able to tolerate pain than men. (It is ...

Historical novelist Sarah Dunant has spoken to PEOPLE about her decision to give birth twice without pain relief to see how women used to suffer decades ago The author told people the experience was ...

A British historical novelist recently revealed she chose to give birth to her two children without pain relief to better understand the suffering women endured for centuries. Sarah Dunant, 75, said ...

Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as they miscarried or gave birth into cell toilets or on filthy jail floors.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Geri Stengel writes about the success factors of women entrepreneurs. For decades, women seeking long-acting birth control have ...

Two pregnant Black women recently faced alarming neglect at hospitals in Indiana and Texas, highlighting racial disparities ...