NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Attempting to aid a difficult childbirth with forceps instead of immediately performing a C-section may not raise the risks to the baby in most cases, a new study suggests.

An Indian-origin consultant gynaecologist in the UK has been suspended after she was found guilty of serious professional misconduct. The 62-year-old allegedly pressured a first-time mother into a ...

A consultant gynaecologist has been suspended after she was accused of bullying a terrified mother-to-be into agreeing to the use of forceps as she was giving birth to her first child at a NHS ...

With only three weeks before my due date, I was on the phone calling hospitals across the country to find one I could transfer my prenatal care to, sometimes crying so hard I was barely coherent. I ...

While pregnant with my daughter in 2011, I learned—through the internet and childbirth classes—that our bodies are designed to give birth, and that birth is a natural process that should be trusted.

a jury agreed that an Iowa family has suffered due to the malpractice they experienced during the birth of their third child. The mother went into routine labor at mercy Iowa City in the suit says ...

Babies born by Caesarean section have a 50 % increased risk of developing asthma compared to babies born naturally. Emergency Caesarean sections increase the risk even further. This is shown in a new ...