Birth rates are falling, and what long appeared stable now looks fragile. In 2024, the Swedish government appointed a ...

When my first child was 18 months old, I decided it was time for a redo. It’s not that I wanted to replace my son, but I did want a different kind of birth experience. His delivery had ended with ...

Black mothers in the U.S. are particularly at risk, National Geographic reports. "Why giving birth in the U.S. is surprisingly deadly" is part of National Geographic’s special-edition, single-topic ...

My labor and delivery of my first daughter — with no complications — cost $18,515.38. This did not include the nearly $65,000 it cost for the 13 days my daughter spent in the NICU after being born ...