What Do Labor and Delivery Nurses Do? Labor and delivery nurses have a wide range of responsibilities. They typically care for multiple pregnant, laboring, or postpartum patients at one time. Labor ...

Only 41% of rural hospitals in the U.S. deliver babies, according to a report by the Center for Healthcare Quality and ...

More rural hospitals have closed or are planning to close their labor and delivery units in 2025 than in 2024, bringing the ...

Delivering a baby is hard work. Aptly named labor, the process before childbirth can be physically and emotionally taxing — and even painful. While no two patients experience labor and delivery ...

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Your baby has been born, but there’s one final step — delivering the placenta. Here’s what to expect from this last stage of labor.

Labor induction, also known as inducing labor, is the jumpstarting of uterine contractions before natural labor occurs, with the goal of a healthy vaginal delivery. Healthcare providers, doctors, and ...

Amid ongoing financial challenges, workforce shortages and declining birth rates, many hospitals and health systems are being forced to close maternity services in 2025. A Center for Healthcare ...

Read full article: Maternal deaths are 3 times higher in Black women, doctors say There are very few symptoms of high blood pressure, which is why it’s referred to as the “silent killer,” but there ...

Last week, Keck Medicine of USC announced the closure of USC Verdugo Hills Hospital obstetric services on Nov. 20. They cited a 40% decline in deliveries over the past decade within “our community” ...

On May 30, Nicole Snooki Polizzi became a mom of three when she gave birth to her son, Angelo James LaValle. Since then, she's been super open about her body and what it's been like for her in the ...