Birth, like life, is messy. But, while life’s messes often harm health, the untidiness of our entrance into the world may profoundly protect it—at least that’s a leading hypothesis among microbiome ...

It might one day be possible to expose babies delivered by cesarean section to the colonies of good bacteria in the birth canal that help build the immune system and ward off disease, a small ...

When you wipe away the romantic veneer of bringing a new human into the world, you’re met with blood, sweat, and tears (of all kinds), for many hours. But few women will get into specifics of the ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Parenting. Followed categories will be added to My News. But within hours of her son’s birth, Laura suffered a rare and life-threatening Amniotic Fluid Embolism ...

But within hours of her son’s birth, Laura suffered a rare and life-threatening Amniotic Fluid Embolism (AFE) and went into cardiac arrest. Three years later, the physical and emotional impacts of ...