Doula care around pregnancy and childbirth was once considered to be something accessible only to those with substantial ...

Childbirth — painful, messy, unpredictable — has been part of humankind for time immemorial. And in the US, which has surprisingly high rates of avoidable complications and maternal deaths, more ...

The Dads to Doulas Spring 2025 cohort commenced in February. Participants can complete a doula certification at the end of six weeks. Father and community activist Brad Edwards is continuing to ...

Madison Patrick is a sociology and public health major and a 2024-25 Hackworth Fellow with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are her own. Despite the invaluable contribution of medical ...

As women who have gone through childbirth know, labor contractions and the birth process are typically painful. But women have been giving birth for centuries without pain medication. There are ...

Birth trauma can affect emotional recovery long after delivery ends. Feeling disconnected after childbirth is often a trauma ...