Eri Igarashi, a House of Representatives member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), gave birth to her first child in Octob･･･ ...

Long distances between hospitals that deliver babies have only been getting longer in recent years due to closures, putting ...

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In the delivery room, the air is a heady mix of sweat, lavender, and antiseptic. Battery-flicker candles glowing next to a semi-circle of crystals, as a tocodynamometer traces fetal heart tones and ...

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The widespread use of abortion and birth control has led to a decline in fertility rates all around the world. In 2020, the United States saw a record low of 56 births per 1,000 women. In 2023, the ...

The crazy idea of writing a book did not surface early. I had to wait until sanity abandoned me. A devoted reader since I was a kid, I always thought that books were the result of brilliant minds, ...

Every mother looks forward to her baby’s birth. The novena of pregnancy — nine months — is (like novenas are supposed to be) a preparatory time of “getting to know you, getting to know all about you.” ...

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) is announcing that she’ll soon be “a 36-year-old grandmother,” while praising “rural conservative communities” that “value life.” The Colorado Republican revealed that ...

The American Psychological Association defines trauma as a disturbing experience that results in significant fear, helplessness, or other disruptive feelings intense enough to have long-lasting ...

A new male contraceptive was found to be 99 percent effective when tested in mice, according to research presented at a meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) on Wednesday. Gunda Georg, a ...