As a birth photographer, I’m asked to capture some of the most important stories of a family’s life. I step into their birthing space and document the small and big moments that unfold. I tell the ...

A 22-year-old Mexican migrant living in Chicago was arrested by ICE, just days after she had given birth to her daughter, who ...

For moms who delivered their first baby via Cesarean section, they may wonder if it’s safe to try for a vaginal birth after Cesarean or VBAC birth. Having a conversation with your trusted OB-GYN ...

Birth by C-section more than doubles odds of measles vaccine failure. Researchers say it is vital that children born by caesarean section receive two doses of the measles vaccine for robust protection ...

There's no correct way to give birth. Whether you opt for a cesarean section, forgo drugs, or go the home birth route, every birth is unique and special in its own right. Still, one mom was left ...

After nine months spent as a growing life in someone else’s body, the second a baby is born, they begin growing life in their own body: colonies of tiny bacterial cells ready to begin populating a ...

Panel expected to issue recommendations today on ways to lower cesarean rates. March 10, 2010— -- Cesarean births are at an all-time high and fewer women who've had a C-section are opting for ...

All along, Julia Maeda knew she wanted to have her baby naturally. For her, that meant in a hospital, vaginally, without an epidural for pain relief. This was her first pregnancy. And although she is ...

Giving birth via caesarean section – in which a baby is delivered via a cut made to your tummy and womb, rather than through your vagina – is incredibly common. According to the NHS, around 1 in 4 ...

ABC News' Dr. Jennifer Ashton breaks down misconceptions about C-sections. During her pregnancy with her first child, Emily Brown said she planned to have a natural, non-medicated birth. But the way ...

When my daughter’s delivery went off the script I had imagined, it made me wonder about what we ask from our birth stories. Owen, Oct. 17, 2014; 12 seconds old.Credit...Artwork by Christian Berthelot ...

Israt Jahan, a 21-year-old student of Dhaka University, gave birth to a girl a year ago. Conceiving shortly after her ...