Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher than white women around the time of childbirth in 2023 ...

A new study finds that pregnant individuals who were unable to have their desired emotional support persons present during childbirth were more likely to have higher levels of perceived childbirth ...

Black women in the US died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher than white women around the time of childbirth in 2023.

Nollywood actress Olayinka Solomon, popularly known as Ogo Mushin, has shared her personal experience with postpartum ...

Simona Petrík is an MP and Vice-Chair of Progressive Slovakia party. Compassionate and respectful care during and after childbirth is still far from standard in Slovakia. Many women leave Slovak ...

Jan. 30, 2025 — Women who go on to develop postpartum depression (PPD) may have characteristic levels of neuroactive steroids, molecules derived from the hormone progesterone, in their blood ...

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of pregnancy and childbirth. All research articles in BMC Pregnancy and ...

Have you ever heard of 'Eve's curse?' In relation to childbirth, this term is generally used in reference to God cursing Eve in Genesis 3:16, and thus women, with pain as they birth their offspring.