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

According to the findings of the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey-2022 carried out by the Ministry of Health and Population, one in five women in Nepal give birth through caesarean section. The ...

As the Amos report into maternal and neonatal safety finds an unacceptable standard of care in many wards. Radhika Sanghani and Victoria Young look at what happens when care is found wanting – and how ...

With the closing of Bryn Mawr’s Lifecycle Wellness and Birth Center, women have lost an important maternity option.

Perinatal mothers enrolled in Michigan Medicaid between 2012 and 2021 who had opioid use disorder were more likely to have a ...

Rates of preterm births, maternal deaths and other adverse birth outcomes are abysmal across the US, but there are clear ...

Today, Kristin has fully recovered and has found a way to give back. She has donated over 3,500 ounces of breast milk to the ...

Ellenore Scott reflects on the process of opening a Broadway show while pregnant, and delivering her baby the next morning.

The Guardian’s new podcast, The Birth Keepers, explores how a global network promoting unassisted childbirth has shaped women’s decisions​ around childbirth. One mother’s story stands as a stark warni ...

Bill C-3, An Act to Amend the Citizenship Act (2025), is in effect as of today. Moving forward, people born before December 15, 2025, who would have been citizens if not for the firstSHY-generation ...

JENNA Hutchison was over the moon to be expecting twins – but she felt her “entire world collapse” when she was told one baby ...

Among the worst places to be pregnant is Texas, where almost half of all counties lack maternity care providers and birthing facilities.