Water birthing or hydrotherapy means the potential delivery of the baby through labor in a tub or a pool of warm water. It is a natural birthing method to relieve labor pains and allow the mother to ...

Gavin Fraser is a graduate research assistant at Boston University School of Social Work. I dreamed of having children from a young age — so much so that I assumed I had to be a cisgender woman.

As interest grows in alternative birthing choices such as water births, consumption of placentas and deferring newborn vaccinations, doctors should counsel expectant parents on the risks such ...

Brattleboro Memorial Hospital will close obstetric services, including the Birthing Center, within the next six to nine months while continuing to explore alternatives.

Brattleboro Memorial Hospital announced Thursday that the hospital plans to stop offering pregnancy and birthing services ...

MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital's labor and delivery unit simply should not be at risk of closure. Available solutions are being ...

Spurling, MD, FAAFP, is co-chair of the Rural Maternity Task Force for the Maine Academy of Family Physicians. Since 2015, ...