Many women say they don't even remember the pain of childbirth. They remember the entire experience. Let us explain why this ...

Regional anesthesia—typically with a spinal or epidural block—has long been favored for cesarean births due in part to concerns about the effects that general anesthesia may have on newborns during ...

Being on your deathbed puts everything into perspective, and sometimes, the dying have something BIG to get off their chests.

Being on your deathbed puts everything into perspective, and sometimes, the dying have something BIG to get off their chests.

Untreated pain during pregnancy can lead to depression and other mental health challenges. If treated with painkillers, women ...

A cross-sectional analysis finds complications and health conditions in two thirds of hospitalizations for delivery, with ...

"Postpartum depression" has been discussed as an identifiable, measurable, treatable disorder for 50 years now. Thresholds, ...

A fast-acting treatment pill can help new moms with postpartum depression in just a couple of weeks — and it’s so new, many ...

At 3:30 on a July morning, Emily Meyers’ water broke. Her son was coming five weeks early. Meyers and her husband jumped in the car and raced from their home in Greenville, population 387, to Reno, ...

Jennifer Lawrence opens up about her “bad postpartum” and how it shaped her emotionally charged performance in Die, My Love.