Water birth – in which a woman spends some or all of labour and delivery in a warm water pool – has become more popular as a gentler form of birthing. While its proponents claim it helps provide ...

For many expectant mothers, childbirth is one of the most significant experiences of their lives. While hospital deliveries remain the most common choice, an increasing number of millennial moms are ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Delivering babies underwater in so-called water births could result in occasional near-drownings and deaths, reports suggest in the August issue of Pediatrics. New Zealand doctors ...

Rumer Willis (literally) took matters into her own hands while giving birth. In a June 5 conversation with the "Informed Pregnancy" podcast, the 34-year-old actor recounted her home birth in April, ...

For more than four hours, as first-time mother Sarah Hisamoto labored to bring her son, Gavin, into the world, the scene around her was one that would be hard to find in a hospital setting — certainly ...

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 ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Aurora Sinai Medical Center is researching water births and the possible benefits for mom and baby. Right now, the closest hospital to Milwaukee offering water births is in ...