Many women felt insufficiently informed about the risks of induction A new study has found that two-thirds of women weren’t ...

Childbirth depends not just on hormones, but on the uterus’s ability to sense physical force. Scientists found that pressure ...

The management of labour in nulliparous women presents unique challenges, as these women have no previous birth experience to guide prognostication and intervention. Current evidence highlights the ...

The final stage of pregnancy—labour and delivery—is a life-changing journey filled with anticipation, effort, and joy. This ...

People don’t believe it when I mention how much I loved labor and delivery. They think I’m talking about my career as a nurse-midwife helping others, not my own experiences. They’re partially right—I ...

This article discusses how music therapy can help women during labour by reducing stress, calming the nervous system, easing pain, and improving emotional well-being. It shows how sound affects the ...

Labour plays out differently for everyone, so it pays to be aware of the various pain-relief options available to you. This works by applying tiny electrical pulses to the nerve endings just beneath ...