Contractions during pregnancy refer to the sensation of tightness and hardness in the uterine muscles. During a contraction, ...

Many women who have taken abortion pills say they were unprepared for how much the procedure would hurt, a study has found.

Somerset County District Attorney's Office/Facebook A Pennsylvania man is accused of brutally attacking a pregnant woman ... the incident, the woman went into labor. The woman was attacked ...

When human beings stopped walking on four legs to adopt the standing position, the pelvis suffered the greatest changes. To ...

In addition to clinical labor and delivery nurse responsibilities, they often act as labor coaches, providing hands-on support and pain management techniques for a laboring patient. Labor and ...

New body cam footage shows a Louisville police officer citing a pregnant woman and issuing her a citation despite pleading with him that she is going into labor and would like to be left alone.

This knowledge is useful to practitioners assisting women in labor, because many techniques for labor support depend on the distraction from pain caused by the stimulation of competing nerve fibers.

"I don’t believe for a second that this woman is going into labor,” Louisville Police Lt. Caleb Stewart said, before the woman later gave birth New body cam footage shows a Louisville police ...

Hospitals across the country reported mothers to authorities after they tested positive for medications used routinely in millions of births.

The woman’s public defender told public radio she gave birth later that day. In the body cam video, Stewart says: “I don’t for a second believe this woman is going into labor.” Amid an ...

The expansion of this initiative directly benefits pregnant women as it significantly reduces ... Since Hainan added suitable labor pain relief to its medical coverage, the number of women opting ...