One mother whose baby was brought to her in the OR immediately after birth recently stated, "Having my baby skin to skin in the OR after my cesarean birth was the most meaningful experience ever.

All mammals have a set sequence of behaviors at birth – all with a single purpose – to breastfeed. Baby mammals are born to breastfeed! Surprisingly, it is the newborn that initiates ...

UNICEF and the NHS recommend skin-to-skin contact between a parent and newborn. This involves placing a newborn on a parent’s bare chest, both of them covered in a warm blanket, for at least an hour ...

The benefits of parental touch become clear at birth. One review of 52 studies involving over 4,000 newborns found that touch interventions—such as skin-to-skin contact and baby massage—was ...

Birth tissue donation is part of a growing statewide program with thousands of participants run through Tennessee Donor Services.

Birth is unpredictable. It is full of gore, fluids, wetness and screams. It flirts with death. Even today, with modern ...

A mum was ‘clinically dead’ for 14 minutes before waking up to discover she had given birth to a baby girl. Natasha Sokunbi was 37 weeks pregnant when she called 111 after she suffered chest pains and ...

A mother says she was 'clinically died' for 14 minutes and then awoke to discover she had given birth to a baby girl. Natasha ...

As Carlton Moore's heart filled with joy at the sight of his newborn, his wife's stopped beating. How this Louisville family survived the gravest odds ...