Research suggests that continuous support during labor, meaning a chosen companion or trained support person staying with a woman throughout birth, can improve outcomes. Studies have found that women ...

Labor moves fast, but your consent should never be assumed. Use these 5 practical strategies and ready-to-say scripts to keep ...

These are the words Stephanie Flood ‘89 shared with her grandma when she stopped by her house to pick up her son after a long shift in the labor and delivery room. Her grandma’s next words would stick ...

Pregnancy is a struggle for many women. From morning sickness to back pain to indigestion to feeling like their body is no longer their own, mothers sacrifice a lot for their children. And once they ...

Delivering a baby is hard work. Aptly named labor, the process before childbirth can be physically and emotionally taxing — and even painful. While no two patients experience labor and delivery ...

Typically, when a baby is coming, there's a lot of "hurry up and wait" going on. Birthing can take an entire day or more, of course, so there's a lot of twiddling of thumbs to be done by relatives and ...

It was really a horrific situation to be treated like a dog, or not even like a dog, like less than,” mother Mercedes Wells ...

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 ...

If it’s one thing we all know, it’s that Rhode Islanders love Rhode Island. In fact, over 80% of local families choose to give birth at Women & Infants Hospital in Providence. After 37 years, its ...

A nurse has shared a list of some of the shocking things she has heard new dads say in hospital delivery rooms. Childbirth can be a difficult experience and while the bulk of the stress and strain is ...