Labor & Childbirth Articles
Information on Labor and Delivery and Birth Support
Pre-Birth Preparation
Be prepared for the big day with information on creating a birth plan, what to pack for a hospital stay, and how to help baby get into the best position for birth.
- A First-Time Dad's Guide to Childbirth
- Being Prepared for Birth: Knowing What to Expect
- Birth Plan: A Planning Guide
- Birth Preference Plans
- Breech Presentation
- Building a Birth Plan
- Chiropractic and Decreased Labor Time
- Choosing the Birth Setting
- Creating a Birth Plan (Boston)
- Creating a Birthing Plan (Jacksonville)
- Creating a Birth Plan (St. Louis)
- Creating Your Birth Wish List
- Family Centered Maternity Care
- Making a Birth Plan
- Natural Childbirth
- Natural Childbirth: Unraveling the Myths
- Natural Childbirth vs. Birthing Naturally
- Packing Your Birth Bag
- Preparing for Natural Childbirth
- Preparing for Your Delivery
- Researching Your Childbirth Options
- Scheduling Birth: Is This a Good Option for Me?
- Top Ten Reading List for 10 Months
- The Webster Technique: Breech Baby
- The Webster Technique (Atlanta)
- The Webster Technique (St. Louis)
- Why the Webster Technique?
- What to Pack for a Hospital Birth
- Writing a Birth Plan
- Your Birth Plan
Childbirth Classes
There are numerous childbirth methods to choose from. Before signing up for a prenatal education class, learn more about HypnoBirthing®, Lamaze, and more.
- 21st Century Childbirth Education
- Benefits of Childbirth Hypnosis
- The Blissborn Method: Hypnosis for Birth
- The Bradley Method
- The Bradley Method (Houston)
- The Bradley Method (Washington, D.C.)
- Childbirth Classes (Washington, D.C.)
- Childbirth Classes (NE New Jersey)
- Childbirth Classes for Today's Parents
- Childbirth Education: 5 Reasons to Enroll in a Class
- Childbirth Education Classes (Charlotte)
- Childbirth Education Classes (Cleveland)
- Childbirth Education Classes (Philadelphia)
- Childbirth Education Classes (St. Louis)
- Childbirth Education Courses: 5 Reasons to Enroll
- Childbirth Education Methods
- Childbirth Preparation: Do I Need to Take a Class?
- Guided Birth Imagery
- HypnoBirthing® (Philadelphia)
- HypnoBirthing® (Washington, D.C.)
- HypnoBirthing® (NE New Jersey)
- Hypnobirthing® (Pittsburgh)
- Hypnobirthing®: The Mongan Method
- Hypnosis and Childbirth
- Hypnosis for Childbirth (Boston)
- Hypnosis for Childbirth (Chicago)
- Prenatal Education and the Journey to Parenthood
- Prenatal Education Classes: Which Should I Take?
- What Childbirth Classes Should I Take?
- Your Prenatal Education Options: What Classes Should You Take?
Labor & Delivery
Read about the signs of labor and stages of labor, cesarean births, episiotomy, waterbirth, and everything you'll need to know about the birth of a baby.
- Advantages of Hypnosis
- Alternative Methods of Pain Relief for Birth
- Anesthesia and Childbirth
- Cesarean Delivery (Atlanta)
- Cesarean Delivery
- Cesarean Sections
- Common Labor Scenarios
- Elective Cesarean Section: The Pros and Cons
- Episiotomy: Advantages and Disadvantages
- Is Homebirth For You?
- Labor and Delivery: What to Expect
- Labor and Birth
- Labor Induction: To Induce or Not to Induce
- Labor: A Painful Pleasure
- Natural Childbirth
- Oxytocin: The "Love Hormone"
- Pain Management for Natural Birth: Exercises for the Laboring Mother
- Pain Relief During Labor and Delivery
- Signs and Stages of Labor
- The Signs of Labor: Recognizing True vs. False Contractions>
- Stages of Labor (Philadelphia)
- Stages of Labor (St. Louis)
- Stages of Labor: What to Expect Chart
- The Stages of Labor (Boston)
- The Stages of Labor (Houston)
- Waterbirth
- Water, Please! The Benefits of Waterbirth
- What to Expect When You Get to the Hospital
- Why Natural Childbirth?
Labor Support: Birth Coaches & Doulas
Whether you choose a doula, dad-to-be, or both as your labor support team, you can find information here about birth coaches and their role in labor and delivery.
Midwives
Learn more about the Certified Professional Midwives (CPM) and Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM) that deliver babies at homebirths, in hospitals or birth centers.
Cord Blood Banking: Saving Stem Cells
Umbilical cord blood, when following birth, can be stored in a cord blood bank and used at a later time to treat diseases. Learn more about cord blood preservation.
This website represents the articles and resources have appeared in the latest editions of the Expectant Mother's Guide, a series of localized publications designed to help expectant parents find pregnancy, childbirth, baby and parenting resources (including stores and services) in specific U.S. metro areas. As a result, many of the articles and resources available on this site are specific to a particular city or region.
Information available on the Expectant Mother's Guide is not meant to be a substitute for interaction with your health care provider. Individual situations may vary.
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