Lamaze is a childbirth preparation method aimed at building confidence and teaching coping mechanisms for labor. Read more about the natural technique to decide whether it’s right for you. Lamaze is ...

Childbirth is one of the most incredible experiences you’ll ever go through. But let’s be honest, it can also feel a little scary. There’s so much to think about: how labour will actually feel, how to ...

When Mercedes Irving, pregnant with her first child, enrolled in a childbirth education class, other women tried to talk her out of it. “All my friends told me it was a waste of time,” said Irving, 34 ...

Are childbirth classes for everyone? Two Columbia University childbirth experts -- Mary Lake Polan, MD, PhD, MPH, an adjunct professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology, and Jeanne M.

We were so much fatter then — and younger and more naïve. We were nine pregnant women, accompanied by our husbands, sitting together on the floor of a Temple Sinai classroom for 10 Thursday nights in ...

— In 1984, Cathy Jenkins took Lamaze classes to ease through labor and delivery. Jenkins, now 52, learned relaxation techniques to reduce pain. She relied on a coach to count out the structured ...

The typical birth narrative that you read online is a tale of harrowing disappointment. The mother had “spent months—if not years—dreaming” about her baby and her pain-medication-free birth. Often, it ...

When I got pregnant for the first time, I followed every piece of my doctor's advice to a T. I took prenatal vitamins religiously, avoided every food and activity that carried even the slightest risk, ...

The Lamaze method of childbirth emphasises labour and delivery as a normal occurrence. As the founder of Polaris Healthcare, Dr. Ujwala Patil has dedicated her career to providing expert care to girls ...