After Houlton Regional Hospital closed its Labor and Delivery Unit seven months ago, the Emergency Department has been seeing ...

Instantly, the second-guessing began. Yes, I had given birth three times, but I had no medical experience. What if I got squeamish and was more of a bother than a help? Could I be a reassuring ...

Delivering a baby is hard work. Aptly named labor, the process before childbirth can be physically and emotionally taxing — and even painful. While no two patients experience labor and delivery ...

Who gets to be in the delivery room when a child is born? While the birth of a baby is an exciting occasion for family members, that decision belongs to parents, and typically, the person in labor.

Men are now expected to be present during childbirth but Moran Liviani writes some women fare better without men in the ...

Many grandparents — mostly mothers and mothers-in-law — are present for the birth of a grandchild. By Paula Span When my granddaughter was born, my own role was very clear: Keep a packed bag handy.