Pregnancy labor can be very painful and terrible. If you are pregnant, knowing a few things can make labor easy and go through a delivery with much ease. It will, of course, be helpful when you are ...

Since the 1970s, electronic fetal monitoring has been the go-to technology in perinatal obstetrics for the detection of fetal distress during labor. Although the technology has changed slightly in the ...

Labor induction, also known as inducing labor, is the jumpstarting of uterine contractions before natural labor occurs, with the goal of a healthy vaginal delivery. Healthcare providers, doctors, and ...

West Valley Medical Center says it will close its labor and delivery and neonatal intensive care units in less than two months. The Caldwell hospital said the decision was made because of a decline in ...

I saw a rolling stool and sat, trying to get enough breath to answer. At this she looked up in alarm. “You can’t sit there!” I knew sitting on a rolling stool was a fall risk. I also knew that ...

Giving birth is already one of the biggest challenges in a person’s life, but an unsupportive birth partner can make it even worse. Iuliia Burmistrova / Getty Images Take it from people who see this ...

Financial challenges at rural hospitals — driven by reimbursement problems — are leading facilities to shutter labor and delivery wards, according to a new report. More than 200 rural hospitals across ...

U.S. News & World Report has named UH Geauga Medical Center a High Performing hospital in Maternity Care for 2026. This ...

They say experience is the best teacher, and for nurse practitioner and long-time labor & delivery (L&D) nurse @hijabiluscious, actually giving birth for the first time was a masterclass in humility.

THE MERCYONE NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER IS ENDING ALL LABOR AND DELIVERY SERVICES STARTING OCTOBER 15TH. THEY ANNOUNCED THE DECISION THIS MORNING, CITING STAFFING SHORTAGES. KCCI AMANDA ROOKER IS IN NEWTON ...

Most people, when they’re in labor, aren’t really in the mood to meet new people. But New Yorker Sushma Dwivedi Jindal not only met some new friends while in the labor and delivery ward of New York ...