A new report from Choices in Childbirth and Childbirth Connection, a program of the National Partnership for Women & Families, argues that increased access to doulas would help drive down the cost of ...

Childbirth Connection, founded in 1918 as Maternity Center Association, is a national not-for-profit organization whose mission is to improve the quality of maternity care through research, education, ...

A new study suggests that most pregnant women in the U.S. are still experiencing high-tech, medically-complex childbirth, with most opting for several interventions. The organizations behind the study ...

How Have Women's Childbearing Experiences Changed Over the Past Decade? Childbirth Connection has reported results from 3 Listening to Mothers surveys over the past decade, in 2002, 2006, and 2013.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Childbirth Connection has launched a new campaign Join the Transformation to improve maternity care in the U.S., where one in ...

For expectant moms, the questions of what items to get and who to call for resources are ever growing. And today a new question is gaining traction: Should I consider hiring a doula? This professional ...

Although the federal government recently clarified that most insurance plans must cover prenatal care as a preventive service without charging women anything out of pocket, it didn't address a crucial ...

Here I am less than a week from my annual memorial to the daughter I lost at birth and I can't help but defend Rick Santorum's recent statements about prenatal testing being a gateway to abortion.