Birth can be scary. Prior to the global pandemic in 2020, it was estimated that 10 to 15 percent of women in the United States had a fear of childbirth so strong that it impacted their daily ...

A new mother expected the usual postpartum changes: a softer belly, some hair shedding, maybe a new constellation of stretch marks. What she did not expect was to look in the mirror and think she was ...

“A woman’s body is a temple of life, a vessel of profound strength that endures and transcends the physical to bring forth the future.” — Maya Angelou We know how to worship women when they are ...

Expecting: Birth, Belief and Protection at London’s Wellcome Collection is a small but quietly powerful exhibition. Spanning five centuries, it explores how the experience of bringing life into the ...