Hospitals don't often let you get much sleep, especially if you've just had a baby. In addition to feedings, there are meal deliveries, lactation consultants, vital sign checks, blood draws and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Giving birth is already one of the biggest challenges in a person’s life, but an unsupportive birth partner can make it even worse ...

Elissa Hoyt always thought that being a labor and delivery nurse would be too much for her. “I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, I could never be a labor nurse. That’s just so much yelling and screaming,’” the ...

NORTHFIELD, Minn. — When Northfield Hospital renovated its Birth Center in 2020, it increased its capacity to handle as many as 750 births a year. It could reach that number soon. Lisa Bauer, vice ...

In Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare’s labor and delivery unit, the patients aren't the only ones with babies on the way — so were 14 of the unit's nurses who care for them, all at the same time. On the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... There’s never been enough doctors in rural Wyoming, where I live, but a shortage of obstetricians is now increasing the risks for pregnant women across the ...