But, Shanley counters, "Just as most couples would find it difficult to have sex with others in the room, many of them feel the same way about birth." Speaking of sex, during one of her labors ...

Preterm labor and birth—or giving birth to a preemie—isn’t well understood. Because doctors don’t fully understand why it happens, there are few reliable ways to completely predict it or prevent it.

We already know that the way we give birth influences our anatomy. For example, the size of our heads is restricted by the size of our mothers' birth canals. Solomon: With more C-sections ...

Doctors call this type of birth a “preterm birth.” But most women know it as giving birth to a “preemie.” Some babies are delivered prematurely because the mother or baby have medical problems that ...