Giving birth at home or in the car when you were planning on making it to the hospital or birth center? Totally not the plan – and definitely not common, despite what TV dramas would have you believe.

No one goes into labor 100% fully prepared for what’s going to happen, but here are some things that may help leading up to the big day.

Two days after Erin Adelekun gave birth to her first child, she felt a minor headache when she went home from the hospital. Her doctor wasn’t concerned and advised taking a pain reliever. But about a ...

Black mothers in the U.S. are particularly at risk, National Geographic reports. "Why giving birth in the U.S. is surprisingly deadly" is part of National Geographic’s special-edition, single-topic ...

"All the children are doing well," said the woman's doctor. CASABLANCA, Morocco -- "I feel very happy to carry my child," 26 year-old Halima Cissé told ABC News, while holding newborn Muhammad, one of ...