Monarch butterflies have always been remarkably resilient. Every fall, these delicate orange-and-black travelers set out on a journey so improbable it borders on myth, flying some three thousand ...

A group of nurses founded the the Butterfly Kisses Alliance to offer support and resources to families and people impacted by the death of a baby, whether before, during or shortly after birth.

The Brevard Zoo is preparing to welcome a new addition this summer after announcing that Kumi, a 12-year-old Masai giraffe, is pregnant.

Women using frozen embryos as part of their IVF treatment can either choose to use a medicated cycle or their natural one to ...

Ophelia Lovibond and Jacob Anderson lead 'Still Life,' a short film exploring life after stillbirth, directed by Sophie King.

Ranchi: The Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) has introduced a new system under which birth and death certificates are issued immediately to the families at the time of registration itself ...

Former Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson has revealed in a post on social media that she will be campaigning for SMA1 (spinal muscular atrophy) screening at birth, after her twin babies were diagnosed ...

An advisory body has warned that Ireland's population is at risk of what it called a "vicious downward cycle" due to a declining birth rate. The statement is contained in a report by the National ...

Listen to the audio edition here: Collingswood resident Caitlin Corkery is a self-described “birth nerd.” She’d grown up in the ’90s and 2000s, when women’s bodies were relentlessly shamed by tabloids ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... While every soon-to-be parent hopes for a smooth, uneventful pregnancy, labor, and delivery, birth trauma and injury can be all too common. The birth process ...

From placenta pills to okra water “labor hacks,” a new wave of modern birthing trends is spreading across social media — and new moms are trying them in droves. Many of these practices — some rooted ...

Through October, Kipp Bovey and her fellow nurse midwives closely tracked the patients whose due dates would come close to the Nov. 1 closure of the birthing center at Copley Hospital in Morrisville.