Jen Hamilton, a labor and delivery nurse, mom of two, and author of “Birth Vibes,” shared a video on TikTok, revealing ...
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To give birth or not to give birth

In her book The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson describes pregnancy as an experience marked by a peculiar duality. On the one hand, it is deeply transformative, bodily alien, sometimes almost ...
Two in three women who have given birth in the last three years say they are still “recovering” from the experience, according to new research. A survey of 2,000 women found that recovery after ...
Very few babies are born on their exact due date, with only about 4% arriving "on time." Health care providers use methods like the last menstrual period, ovulation dates, and ultrasounds to estimate ...
When my first child was 18 months old, I decided it was time for a redo. It’s not that I wanted to replace my son, but I did want a different kind of birth experience. His delivery had ended with ...