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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Medicalized childbirth and natural childbirth -- The Soviet method, 1936-51 -- "Science knows no borders" : psychoprophylaxis in France, 1951-56 -- "Passionate controversies" : conflict and change ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — When Elisabeth Bing became interested in childbirth techniques in the 1950s, women were often heavily medicated, dads were generally nowhere near the delivery room and expectant ...