Lamaze is a childbirth preparation method aimed at building confidence and teaching coping mechanisms for labor. Read more about the natural technique to decide whether it’s right for you. Lamaze is ...

The typical birth narrative that you read online is a tale of harrowing disappointment. The mother had “spent months—if not years—dreaming” about her baby and her pain-medication-free birth. Often, it ...

It wasn’t that long ago that many women delivered their babies under general anesthesia while their husbands paced in the waiting room. Then childbirth education mainly consisted of a few instruction ...

Elisabeth Bing, the natural childbirth pioneer who popularized the Lamaze method in the United States, has died at age 100. Bing, born in a Berlin suburb on July 9, 1914, died on Friday at her home in ...

The process of giving birth is a miraculous one. However, with so much information floating around, it can also be a nerve-wracking, anxiety-ridden time. To make things a bit easier, a local licenced ...

For much of the 20th century, the childbirth process in this country didn’t invite a lot of active participation from parents. Mothers in labor were given heavy doses of drugs, and fathers were ...

NEW YORK -- A physical therapist who popularized the Lamaze method of childbirth in the United States and helped change the way women and doctors approached the delivery room has died at her New York ...

It wasn’t long ago that “natural childbirth” without anesthetics, and specifically the Lamaze method, were being assailed as a radical idea.Well, childbirth preparation, with couples on the floor ...

Many expectant mothers have heard about the Lamaze method of childbirth, but a lesser known technique, called HypnoBirthing, is starting to get more popular. NBC6 reporter Amanda Plasencia is now over ...

Take a Cord Blood Banking Quiz. Get matched with an Authorized Partner. It may seem like your pregnancy will last forever and that delivery is far off, but labor prep is still crucial. A mother who ...