Some cancers, including breast and ovarian cancers, were associated with differential effects on pregnancy outcomes including spontaneous abortion.

Women with obesity who lost weight prior to in vitro fertilization (IVF) had increased pregnancy rates, especially unassisted conceptions, a systematic review and meta-analysis has found. The studies ...

ASHLAND, Ore. - When Jennifer Margulis went into labor with her fourth child, she sent her husband off to take the kids to school, then waited at home for her body to do what she felt confident it had ...

Sure, they’re born free — but taking the risky route could come at a high cost. Welcoming a baby into the world is often revered as sacred by most women. So rather than having the precious moment ...

The intensifying contractions were three minutes apart as Lynn Griesemer tried to reassure her 11-year-old daughter, who hovered anxiously beside her. Her husband, Bob, had not returned the four ...

In a heartbreaking case in Victoria, Australia, a newborn nicknamed “Baby E” tragically died hours after being born in a home birthing pool rented via an Instagram influencer promoting ‘freebirths’, ...

LONDON (Reuters) - They insist they're no superwomen, they have no special powers, and are certainly not pain or adrenaline junkies. Sign up here. But 'freebirthers' choose to go through what some ...