A water birth is thought to be a gentle welcome to the world for baby, but it's important that you know exactly when it's safe to labor in water and when it isn't.

For healthy, low-risk people who labour in well-run hospital or midwifery settings, water immersion (and sometimes water birth) can be a perfectly reasonable and satisfying option. The evidence so far ...

A 53-year-old Oklahoma woman has been arrested after her 11-year-old granddaughter gave birth at home, and ensuing tests linked the infant to the child’s stepfather. The girl’s biological mother, ...

Instantly, she takes an interest in her new sister Solvej and requests to hold her again. Then she observes them in their double rocking hammock while her dad jokingly asks if she will take care of ...

Folichia Mitchell's baby nearly died after swallowing a water bead. She impressed doctors with her grasp of medicine, and is ...

More pregnant people are turning away from hospital births and instead choosing their homes, according to research presented during the American Academy of Pediatrics 2025 National Conference & ...

Amber Nichols was left in a police station just 10 months old. She had lost hope of finding her family. Then, everything ...

A first-time mother in Southeast Texas helped pull her baby into the world at Christus St. Elizabeth hospital.

Editor's note: If you have experienced sexual assault, RAINN offers support through the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-4673 and atonline.rainn.org. An Oklahoma grandmother is the latest ...

A woman embraced art and motherhood in the Black Rock Desert. Indeed, Burning Man attendee Kayla Thompson didn’t know she was pregnant until she unexpectedly welcomed her and husband Kasey Thompson’s ...

LOGAN, Utah — A family gathered last week to celebrate the arrival of their newborn baby, not knowing that her arrival would help save her grandfather. Baby Gia was born a little early, at just 37 ...

Sept. 8 (UPI) --The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio announced the birth of a baby bonobo, an event hailed as a milestone for the conservation of the endangered species. The zoo said on social media ...