Women who used a virtual reality (VR) headset to watch relaxing immersive scenes — such as a walk through a forest or along a beach — experienced a reduction in labor pain, according to results from a ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you were giving birth, what would be your choice: a longer labor with relatively less pain, or a shorter labor with terrible pain? That’s the question researchers posed ...

A new bill will head to Congress to prevent women from being turned away or sent home from a hospital while in active labor, after a video circulated of a Black woman writhing in pain at an Indiana ...

For women considered at low risk of complications and where labor is progressing normally, monitoring is recommended on an intermittent basis. This is usually via a handheld device every 15–30 minutes ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hypnosis and acupuncture are promising approaches to relieve pain during labor and delivery, but more research is needed to determine whether these two strategies, as well ...

*Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) has introduced legislation aimed at preventing hospitals from discharging women during active labor, particularly addressing the disproportionate risks Black women face in ...