For decades, one idea has shaped discussions about human evolution and birth: humans endure unusually difficult childbirth ...

But new evidence has started to challenge the notion that human childbirth is uniquely dangerous. A new paper published today in Nature Ecology & Evolution offers one of the most compelling cases to ...

The tight fit of a baby's head through a mother's birth canal, which causes great difficulty in childbirth, is not unique to humans, as previously understood. Instead, some small-bodied primate babies ...

A new national survey led by researchers at UBC is shedding light on the experiences of Indigenous people during pregnancy ...

The typical birth narrative that you read online is a tale of harrowing disappointment. The mother had “spent months—if not years—dreaming” about her baby and her pain-medication-free birth. Often, it ...

Many women experience headaches after childbirth. However, each type of headache has a different pattern of onset and ...

When my editor first reached out to me with the idea of describing my drug-free childbirth, I was so close to turning her down. That’s because, honestly, it was painful beyond belief…but it’s also a ...

Every expectant mother deserves the opportunity to give birth safely. Tragically, in Nigeria, some women and their babies are ...

Instead, some small-bodied primate babies have heads almost twice as large as their mothers’ pelvic space, a new study led by ...