Instantly, the second-guessing began. Yes, I had given birth three times, but I had no medical experience. What if I got squeamish and was more of a bother than a help? Could I be a reassuring ...

That is why it's so important for expectant parents, particularly mothers, to advocate for themselves throughout their pregnancies and during their labor and delivery. NBC / Via giphy.com Recently, a ...

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On "Jenna & Friends," co-hosts Jenna Bush Hager and Dwyane Wade tried to solve a viewer's social dilemma about childbirth etiquette. Jenna read a viewer's question: "Tim and I are having our first ...

A first-time mom shared on Reddit that her mother felt hurt and left out after learning she wouldn’t be in the delivery room. What began as a simple birth plan turned into an emotional tug-of-war ...

This is a public service announcement to all mothers-in-law: The delivery room in a hospital does not have an open admission policy. If the person in active labor doesn't want you there, you can't get ...

Typically, when a baby is coming, there's a lot of "hurry up and wait" going on. Birthing can take an entire day or more, of course, so there's a lot of twiddling of thumbs to be done by relatives and ...

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Justin Bieber says his wife, Hailey, asked him to apologize to her doula while she was in labor with their son.

The expectant mom’s boundary-setting over her birth plan leads to family drama, with her grandmother insisting on being in the room Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

These are the words Stephanie Flood ‘89 shared with her grandma when she stopped by her house to pick up her son after a long shift in the labor and delivery room. Her grandma’s next words would stick ...