I was so ready to be done with pregnancy. My back hurt and I was exhausted. Plus, I wanted to meet my new baby. But then the panic set in. I hadn't ...

People tell the BBC about their memories of new hobbies and relationships, of loneliness, and of joy and grief.

Approximately 1% of American women give birth at home and face substantial obstacles when they make this choice. This study describes the reasons that women in the United States choose home birth.

This was decades ago, before home births, much less unassisted births, gained popularity. Shanley, author of Unassisted Childbirth, is not alone ... a reason unassisted-birth believers don ...

let alone gave birth while floating in zero gravity. But with talk of future space colonies and cities on Mars, there's a good chance that one day humans will give birth somewhere beyond Earth ...

"Our dream home became my hospital," Sarah says ... having to attend pre-natal and post-natal appointments alone, giving birth without anyone they knew by their side, and getting used to being ...