'Her worst fear has come to pass': Midwife who advocated for Black women dies after giving birth

Janell Green Smith, 31, was determined to reduce racial disparities in maternal health care. Her family hopes her legacy will ...
Yahoo

Dreaming About Giving Birth? Here’s What It Means

When you dream about giving birth? You will have a lot of question. The first thought that could instinctively come to mind, is whether that means you have a baby on the way. But our subconscious do ...
ABC7

SoCal best friends give birth to daughters on same day: 'Our girls will share the same relationship'

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (KABC) -- Kelcey Harris and Dezhana Stallworth have been friends since the 5thgrade. Through elementary, high school and adulthood, the two have shared many moments with each other, ...
Inverse

Giving birth permanently alters your bones — fossil records reveal

Image courtesy of Paola Cerrito and Timothy Bromage. Depending on whom you ask, giving birth can be a miraculous, horrifying, incredible, painful, or primal experience. In most cases, it transforms ...

Increasing numbers of women are dying during pregnancy or in the weeks after giving birth

Official data found there were 252 maternal deaths from 2022 to 2024, which is 20% higher than the rates from 2009 to 2011.