Your baby spends nine months floating in the warm, cozy comfort of amniotic fluid, so a water birth in a tub or birthing pool might seem like a natural way of welcoming her into the world. But while ...

As low-intervention childbirth methods increase in the U.S., hospitals are offering pregnant moms a variety of options to help them be more comfortable during labor and delivery. A new ...

WASHINGTON -- Sitting in a tub of warm water can relieve a mom-to-be's pain during the early stages of labor, but actually giving birth underwater has no proven benefit and may be risky, say ...

I moved from the US to Germany over a decade ago and had all three of my children here. I didn't know who was attending any of my births. My insurance not only covered everything related to the birth, ...