Of all the decisions you'll make while pregnant, deciding where to give birth might be the most impactful. Hospitals, birthing centers, and home births all come with benefits and drawbacks; it just ...

Our country is experiencing a maternal mortality crisis. Too many women, particularly Black and Hispanic women, are at risk of dying due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth. And with women’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sen. Shelley Funke Frommeyer, R-Alexandria, far right, and Rep. Jason Nemes, far left, discussed freestanding birth centers. In ...

Jeanine Valrie Logan sat in traffic for nearly two hours while she was in labor with her third child. Logan was determined to have her daughter at a birth center — a type of small facility focused on ...

If more pregnant women delivered their babies at midwife-led birth centers, the nation’s C-section rate would go down and cost savings would go up, reversing the current twin trend of rising health ...

Senate passes bill giving pregnant women more birthing options. Pregnant women in Kentucky may soon have another option when it comes to labor and delivery: free-standing birthing centers. Northern ...