She was forced to travel hours to give birth — a growing reality for families in Gaspé, Que.

Expectant mothers in the Gaspé are frequently redirected to hospitals hours away to give birth, and some are warning the ...

Tens of thousands of mothers are bleeding to death giving birth. Aid cuts are denying them a solution

A breakthrough to stop life-threatening bleeding in childbirth was only just starting to reach the mothers most at risk when ...

I Asked My Surgeon If I Could Smudge Her — And Her Response Took Me By Surprise

I did not plan to give birth under fluorescent lights. I did not plan to give birth numb from the chest down, or with a blue sheet between me and the lower half of my body, or to hear the words ...
WJCL

Beaufort Memorial Hospital faces federal citations after woman gives birth in parking lot

Federal review by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services found Beaufort Memorial failed to follow emergency care rules back in March of 2025, *** lapse that investigators say ended with *** ...
nation

From manger to incubator: How modern medicine is rewriting the story of childbirth in Kenya

Childbirth has transformed from Christ's manger (left) to incubators (right), giving mothers and newborns a fighting chance to live. The temperature reading on one of the incubators at the newborn ...
NPR

The U.S. birth rate is on the decline. But not for women 40 and older

Although the U.S. birth rate is on the decline, the number of women having babies in one age group has increased. Those new mothers are 40 and older. In the U.S., teen birth rates are at historic lows ...
Georgia Recorder

She was set to give birth as a Georgia prisoner, again. Terrified, she asked a nonprofit for help.

Walking into court, Danielle Edwards thought she might have a chance to get her daughter back—someday. She’d given birth to Lily two years earlier as a state prisoner, and the relative who’d cared for ...
Times-Georgian

She was set to give birth as a Georgia prisoner, again. Terrified, she asked a nonprofit for help.

Danielle Edwards and her boyfriend Taylor Layman spend time with their children in their Augusta home in 2024. Photo credit: Kaleen Enke for Motherhood Beyond Bars Walking into court, Danielle Edwards ...
People

Woman Recalls Giving Birth in a Carl's Jr. Parking Lot — and Deciding Whether to Name Her Baby in Honor of the Fast Food Chain

Carl’s Jr. sent Pilar Weidman a gift basket filled with baby items and gift cards after her son's May 2024 birth Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand ...
Reuters

After fleeing fighting, Cambodian woman fears giving birth in border camp

OU CHROV DISTRICT, Cambodia, Dec 14 (Reuters) - At nine months pregnant, 27-year-old Suang Sreang fears she will have to give birth in a rudimentary displacement camp after fleeing fighting between ...
Today

Woman Gives Birth in Carl's Jr. Parking Lot, Blames Husband: 'He Thought I Was Being Dramatic'

In the past month alone, unusual births have made headlines across the country: a baby girl nicknamed “Little Buc-ee” arrived in a Buc-ee’s gas station parking; another newborn came into the world ...