CUETZALAN, Mexico (Reuters) - From cutting the umbilical chord to post-natal surgery, giving birth in the remote Sierra Norte mountains of central Mexico used to be a dirty and dangerous experience.

If you or your partner were scheduled to give birth soon, would you have a preference for who delivered your baby: a midwife or a doctor? A new study of maternity care facilities in Lithuania suggests ...

There’s nothing more natural than being born. There’s also nothing quite as fraught. A whole lot can go wrong during that long and tortuous journey from the womb to the world. Modern medicine can ...

CUETZALAN, Mexico (Reuters) - From cutting the umbilical chord to post-natal surgery, giving birth in the remote Sierra Norte mountains of central Mexico used to be a dirty and dangerous experience.

Columnist Joan Barron writes, “Only 26 certified professional midwives are currently licensed in Wyoming. And only six are held by Wyoming residents.” ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A group of midwives and doctors filed a lawsuit in state court today challenging ongoing actions by the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), which have imposed a de facto ban ...

A piece from Planet Money's The Indicator essentially told listeners that they would have to trust the reporters on substantiation in a complex... NPR's Planet Money team specializes in making complex ...

Women in 28 of the NC's 100 counties will not find a hospital, doctor, or certified nurse midwife in their county to deliver ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A state senator who secretly added new legal protections for lay midwives to another bill did nothing unconstitutional, even if his colleagues find the tactic unfair, an ...