Registered nurse and mom of two Jen Hamilton suspects some hospitals will be furious that she's sharing this information.

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 ...

Jen Hamilton hopes that the information "goes far and wide," despite warning that some hospitals might not want her to share ...

Between 2003 and 2013, the United States was one of only eight countries that saw an increase in maternal mortality nationwide. Here's why and how we can help all moms stay safe.

Paramedics asked the rural hospital for help anyway. Its initial answer was no.

Labor and delivery services have ended or are set to end at 100 rural hospitals since the end of 2020, highlighting a growing maternal health access crisis across the U.S. The findings come from the ...

In movies and TV, pregnant women always seem to know when it’s time! Suddenly, a woman’s water breaks, and she’s whisked away to the hospital right on her due date, baby delivered according to her ...

More rural hospitals have closed or are planning to close their labor and delivery units in 2025 than in 2024, bringing the total number of closures since the end of 2020 to 116, according to the ...

Read full article: Maternal deaths are 3 times higher in Black women, doctors say There are very few symptoms of high blood pressure, which is why it’s referred to as the “silent killer,” but there ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Research Medical Center, located at Meyer Boulevard and Prospect Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, will stop providing labor and delivery and NICU services as of Sept. 8, 2025.

People don’t believe it when I mention how much I loved labor and delivery. They think I’m talking about my career as a nurse-midwife helping others, not my own experiences. They’re partially right—I ...