A water birth is thought to be a gentle welcome to the world for baby, but it's important that you know exactly when it's safe to labor in water and when it isn't.

WASHINGTON -- Sitting in a tub of warm water can relieve a mom-to-be's pain during the early stages of labor, but actually giving birth underwater has no proven benefit and may be risky, say ...

BEVERLY — Beverly Hospital says it is close to opening a birthing tub, eight months past a deadline imposed by the state Attorney General’s office following the controversial closing of the North ...

Hospitals are increasingly giving women the option of going through labor or giving birth in a pool of warm water. Laboring in the tub is fine, the nation's obstetricians and pediatricians say, but ...

Birthing centers, which offer natural, low-intervention births to low-risk moms, are becoming more and more popular. But regardless of demand, they’re struggling to stay open. When Kimberly Kleoppel ...