When you’re giving birth, you expect to be able to have a say in what you want to do with your body and how you want to welcome your child into the world. However, this is far front the truth, and ...

Modern maternity care often falls short in providing the steady, attentive support that birthing women need and deserve.

Childbirth is a transformative and deeply personal experience that comes with a mix of excitement, anticipation and anxiety. As expectant mothers prepare for labor and delivery, they often seek ways ...

For Elizabeth Cawein’s first pregnancy, she hired a birth doula — someone who could advocate for her during labor, educate her on birth beforehand, and support her postpartum in recovery. Sadly, ...

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 ...

5 / 85s a single mom by choice (SMBC), the decision to hire a doula — both for the birth of my daughter and the postpartum period that followed — was an easy one for me. Although doulas are not meant ...

It is an established and alarming fact that Black women are more likely to die during childbirth than white women. This is why Rianka Dorsainvil, a CFP and co-founder of 2050 Wealth Partners, decided ...

Missouri Appleseed is requesting state funding for doulas to support incarcerated women during pregnancy and childbirth, ...

A South Carolina midwife who lost her life to a cause she devoted an entire career to is reigniting a national conversation ...

Tiana Lashae created the “Black Birth Joy” project in 2024 to amplify positive Black maternal health stories through ...