While pregnancy and having a child are exciting, labor and birth can be a nerve-wracking time, especially if you’re trying to decide which birthing method is best for you. If you’re thinking about ...

If you're curious about natural birth and want your partner to play a big role, the Bradley Method might be on your radar. This childbirth approach has been around for decades, and while it's not for ...

Prenatal yoga teacher, doula, and childbirth educator Guerra has created a natural birthing method using the principles or “eight limbs” of yoga as its underpinnings. She explains techniques to manage ...

Some women may choose to experience childbirth as a natural event, using no medications at all. Instead, they use techniques like controlled breathing for pain or relaxation. The mother feels like she ...

If you imagine birth, you might picture bright lights, machines, and the hum of hospital staff. Yet for many expectant mothers, that environment feels too clinical or impersonal. Pregnancy already ...

Though it responds to a justified distrust of the medical establishment among women, it also subtly partakes of an insidious mythology. Pregnant women are everywhere, but in a way it’s hard to see ...