That said, unless things are cut short by a C-section, all women go through three precise stages of labor and childbirth: labor itself (which includes early labor, active labor and transitional labor) ...

Your pregnancy culminates in what can be a very long labor, full of notoriously painful contractions. According to the NIH, there are three stages of labor: Contractions will vary in duration, ...

Labor or childbirth can be described as a fetus and placenta delivered from the uterus via the vagina. Having a successful labor can be dependent on three factors, including maternal effort and ...

There may be twists and turns as your labor unfolds. But knowing what you might encounter can help you navigate this exciting but potentially challenging experience. Credit...Shawna X Supported by By ...

Stretches, hip openers, ball squeezes and a touch of yoga took center stage for expectant parents in a recent class with an unusual name – Spinning Babies. They didn’t find any stationary bicycles, ...

The second stage of labor (when you start pushing and deliver your baby) usually takes about one to three hours for first-time moms, but often less than an hour — and sometimes only a few minutes — ...

When you’re waddling through the last few weeks of pregnancy, there’ll probably come a day when you wake up, see your belly in the mirror, and think, “Huh… that looks way lower than it did yesterday!” ...

Now that your due date is finally just around the corner, you’ve probably spent some time (OK, a lot of time) researching ways to make labor and delivery go just a little bit smoother (and everyone ...