Most animals, including other primates, give birth alone, but humans require assistance during childbirth due to the physiological complexities of the process. A new Dartmouth-led study finds that ...

People don’t believe it when I mention how much I loved labor and delivery. They think I’m talking about my career as a nurse-midwife helping others, not my own experiences. They’re partially right—I ...

Some of the individuals indicated that they had hoped to have their partner, doula, and/or mother present during labor. Fourteen percent of participants surveyed indicated that their health care ...