In a state where women drive hours to obstetricians, a small group is trying to revive a tradition of community-based care.

Although midwives have long been associated with home births, roughly 90 percent of midwife-attended births in the U.S. now ...

Readers respond to a front-page article about fetal heart monitoring and C-sections. Also: When Shirley MacLaine was the ...

Ascension St. John's Owasso campus introduced certified nurse midwives (CNMs) to its Labor & Delivery unit, an addition that ...

After your baby's birth, you must take another significant step: delivering the placenta. In most cases, it comes out naturally within a few minutes. However, sometimes, it doesn't. This is called a ...

Dr. Robert Moore, chief medical officer for Partnership HealthPlan, a health insurer that covers the state's northernmost ...

Three years after closing its maternity ward, a new state law will help a rural Northern California hospital bring birth services back to the community.

McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center has hired a new group of physicians to provide 24/7 maternity care at its birth center in ...

A growing number of babies are being delivered at Northfield Hospital. It’s partially the result of fewer nearby hospitals ...

Despite state legislative efforts last year to make women’s health more affordable, the cost savings haven’t been enough to offset financial pressures.

A group of police officers in Melvindale, Michigan, is being praised for their help in delivering a baby this weekend. Just ...