When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: curioustiger/Getty Images Difficult births are not unique to humans, a new analysis of ...

Gather a group of new parents and the conversation will likely turn to their childbirth stories – ranging from the joyful to the gnarly to the positively traumatic. Birth story podcasts and websites ...

You've written out your ideal birth plan. You've included everything you want in your 'perfect' childbirth experience. But the day comes and the plan goes right out the window; that experience is far ...

Hillary Frank is the creator of the podcast The Longest Shortest Time. Her new book is Weird Parenting Wins. Almost 10 years ago, journalist Hillary Frank was pregnant and planning to give birth ...

Joanna Kavenna's first novel, "Inglorious" -- an unexpectedly funny and decidedly moving account of a young woman's crackup -- was punctuated with the recurring phrase "the death of love," so it's a ...