Contractions are when the muscles of your uterus tighten and relax to get ready for childbirth. These muscles help push your baby down the birth canal. Once you reach week 37 of your pregnancy, it ...

Tammy Jackson, a mentally ill pregnant woman, was forced to deliver her baby in an “isolation cell” in a Florida detention center in April, according to public defender Howard Finkelstein in a letter ...

BLACKWOOD, New Jersey (WPVI) -- It's one of the most magical and frightening times in a couple's life: the birth of a child. But with the COVID-19 pandemic, new rules are forcing many women to do it ...

BLACKWOOD, New Jersey (WABC) -- The birth of a child is one of the most magical and frightening times in a couple's life, but with the COVID-19 pandemic, new rules are forcing many women to do it ...

Labor contractions are the physical way your uterus tightens to promote delivery of your baby. All body muscles tighten and shorten (contract) when they’re being used. And the uterus is one of the ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A pregnant Florida woman was left alone in a jail cell for nearly seven hours after asking for help and eventually gave birth alone, her attorney said Friday. Public defender ...

Muscle contraction is the tightening, shortening, or lengthening of muscles when you do some activity. It can happen when you hold or pick up something, or when you stretch or exercise with weights.

When your water breaks, it means the amniotic sac has ruptured. This typically signals the beginning of labor, but it may be several hours before you feel a contraction. Share on Pinterest Eloisa ...

The morning of my 37-week appointment, I took my 2-year-old daughter, Frankie, to preschool; went to work and then headed to my OB/GYN in the afternoon, fully expecting to be home before dinner. When ...

Since Catholic secondary school, my teachers, in condemning fashion, advised students to avoid contractions as though their function were the devil himself, luring us into a world of apathy. Fast ...

BLACKWOOD, New Jersey -- It's one of the most magical and frightening times in a couple's life: the birth of a child. But with the COVID-19 pandemic, new rules are forcing many women to do it alone ...