The Best Pregnancy Books To Prepare You For Pregnancy, Birth And Beyond

We interviewed experts, polled moms and tapped our own experience to find the best pregnancy books. Shop bestsellers like ...
Psychology Today

Where Is the Real Information on Pregnancy and Childbirth?

This is the sixth post in a series. In the book Matrescence: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood, Lucy Jones talks about the shocking lack of information available to women regarding what childbirth ...
PBS

In Michigan, a push to make pregnancy and childbirth safer for people of color

Editor’s note: This story has been adjusted to clarify that Mothering Justice was part of a coalition of organizations behind the “MI Momnibus” bills. Tamika Jackson’s heart stopped beating while she ...
NBC Los Angeles on MSN

‘Medical miracle.' Woman births healthy baby days after learning of pregnancy

A Bakersfield family received the shock of a lifetime after a woman learned she was pregnant with her baby growing inside of her abdomen.
PBS

Racial gap widens in maternal mortality around time of childbirth

NEW YORK (AP) — Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher white women around the time of childbirth in 2023, as maternal mortality fell below prepandemic levels overall but racial ...
inews.co.uk on MSN

At 33, I’m terrified of pregnancy and birth – so I’m not having children

My mum's experience put me off motherhood and I'm happy with my decision. If that makes me selfish, then so be it ...