With each contraction, Maria Ibarra’s plan to deliver her daughter in her Ohio living room seemed less likely.

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 the ...

With many rural health care providers pulling, scaling back or changing their labor and delivery services, expectant mothers ...

One labor and delivery nurse is sharing information that she says could help women ensure they're receiving proper care when giving birth at a hospital. Jen Hamilton, a mom of two and author of “Birth ...

Two Detroit EMTs helped deliver twin girls during an unplanned home birth on July 1 — their first time assisting in a delivery. One baby was born before EMTs arrived; the second was delivered moments ...