Films that portray childbirth with a moment of light panting followed by images of women airbrushed and made-up cuddling quiet newborns make women feel like failures according to actress Tilda Swinton ...

We Live in Time might just feature the mother of all birth scenes. When an in-labor Almut (Florence Pugh) and Tobias (Andrew ...

Actress Tilda Swinton has accused romanticised scenes of giving birth in film and on television of making real mums feel failures. Tilda warns that the glamorous portrayals put unrealistic ...

The danger of preterm labor is that it will lead to the birth of a baby that has not fully developed, and therefore has a high risk of complications. About 10% of all pregnancies result in ...

In these cases, doctors may induce (or force) the mother to go into labor—even though this means the baby will be born prematurely. These types of births are called indicated (or medically predicted) ...

Closely reviewing a woman’s medical records may also help pinpoint the cause of a past preterm birth. When you go into labor and whether you have any complications during labor will determine what ...