A yearlong joint investigation by NBC News and Bloomberg Law has uncovered a pattern of pregnant women in jails across the United States miscarrying, giving birth alone on filthy cell floors or ...

A small but growing community of TikTokers is glorifying the dangerous practice of "free birth." Free birth is giving birth with no medical attendants and sometimes forgoing prenatal care. OB-GYNs ...

Analysis from FAIR Health in 2024 found that the national median hospital charge for a vaginal delivery in the U.S. was just ...

At 3 a.m., inside her solitary jail cell in Broward County, Florida, Tammy Jackson began having contractions. It took hours for corrections officers to reach a doctor, who said he’d check on Jackson ...

Ask any mother: Nothing about childbirth is easy. But now, in the time of the coronavirus pandemic, labor and delivery has become even more difficult. Women are now giving birth with masks on, and in ...

Giving birth is a team sport. You need your support system, people to bring water and snacks, hold your hand and, of course, the dedicated punching bag. But imagine giving birth alone. In the shower.

A woman who gave birth alone in her jail cell in Denver is suing the city after deputies and nurses allegedly ignored her pleas for help during about five hours of labor. Clips of silent surveillance ...

Both of Stacie Buchan's children were born via C-section but their birth stories couldn't be more different. The mother-of-two from Peterhead gave birth to her daughter Ivy in May 2020, right in the ...