A ‘natural’ or ‘normal’ birth can mean different things to different people. Pregnancy and birth are deeply personal experiences and language plays a significant role in shaping how we feel about our ...

Michel Odent, a French obstetrician whose natural childbirth innovations, including homelike delivery rooms and birthing pools, aimed to make new mothers feel calm and secure, died Aug. 19 in London.

Donating birth tissue after childbirth can aid healing for chronic wounds, sports injuries, and advance medical research, thanks to companies like Cardinal Biologicals working with local hospitals.