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 ...

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, ...

Women who use water immersion during labor and birth experience better maternal and neonatal outcomes compared to those who receive epidural anesthesia, according to a study led by midwife Soledad ...

This proud new mom is making a splash online — and in the water — after filming herself delivering her baby in the waves of the Pacific Ocean. Josy Peukert posted her original Instagram video back in ...

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 ...

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 ...