For Rapid City doula Alicia Sutliff-Benusis, sometimes the sweetest confirmations of her helpfulness during the labor and delivery of a baby come in the most unexpected places. “At my last one, the ...

International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Vol. 44, No. 1 (March 2018), pp. 11-18 (8 pages) CONTEXT: Short pregnancy intervals can contribute to maternal and child morbidity and ...

When I was pregnant with my daughter two years ago, I was a borderline psychotic consumer of pregnancy-related literature. I was riveted by the process my body was undergoing. I felt like a sorceress ...

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.