It's common to worry about the pain of childbirth. Here's the lowdown on the difference between labor contractions and pushing so you can go in fully prepared. According to a survey conducted by the ...

There's a big learning curve when it comes to pregnancy. For many expecting parents, just thinking about contractions can be nerve-wracking because they are associated with pain and the start of labor ...

When you’re pregnant and get contractions, it means the muscles of your uterus are tightening and releasing. The contractions help widen (dilate) your cervix to help your baby journey through the ...

That said, unless things are cut short by a C-section, all women go through three precise stages of labor and childbirth: labor itself (which includes early labor, active labor and transitional labor) ...

What we do know is that hormones play a large role in keeping a woman pregnant and stimulating uterine contractions to begin labor. As a pregnancy proceeds, the mother’s body produces hormones that ...

A simple rule for when to go to the hospital for labor is the 5-1-1 rule for timing contractions. That said, it’s not always easy to recognize labor. Share on Pinterest Let’s hope you have a timer ...

We all know how the early signs of labour unfold in movies; usually with the mum-to-be's waters breaking at the least opportune moment, at which point she's whisked off to hospital and emerges shortly ...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Local news co-anchor Olivia Jaquith went ahead with a three-hour morning newscast even after her labor contractions began and her water broke, keeping viewers updated about the coming ...

Pain is for the weak. Just dance. — -- You might picture a woman in labor writhing in pain and screaming for ice chips. That woman is not Akilah Wooten. While in labor at the Atlanta Medical ...

A bride-to-be decided to get married outside of a North Carolina hospital while having contractions after she went into labor ...