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What went viral this week: Toddler BFFs & a teacher who gave birth at school

In an age when outrage and anger dominate online spaces, we fill this space with uplifting news each week.

Updated Mar. 17, 2025

My birth story: Two weeks late in a birth center

I started to feel like a watched pot. #StillPregnant became my personal hashtag.

Updated Jan. 31, 2023

Bachelor star Jade Roper Tolbert had an accidental home birth in her closet

"My waters broke and 75 minutes later I gave birth to our healthy baby boy while clutching a bench in our closet," shares Tolbert.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

5 surprising birth stories from ‘Bachelor’ contestants

You can't write a better Bachelor ending than that!

Updated Feb. 18, 2025

Christy Turlington Burns’ birth story inspired her to help other mothers

"That experience is what opened my eyes to this global tragedy. You know I did not know that women and girls were still dying in pregnancy-related complications all over the world. I had no idea," shares Burns.

Updated Jul. 25, 2019

Lake Bell shares how her home births didn’t go as planned

Bell says that she grappled with some guilt over her decision to have a home birth in the aftermath of this experience.

Updated Jan. 23, 2023

Kate Mara is refreshingly honest about her emergency C-section

But she says that looking back, she wouldn't do a thing differently.

Updated Feb. 18, 2025

Elizabeth Warren has a plan for the staggering black maternal mortality rates

"Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely than white women to die from pregnancy or childbirth-related causes. A major reason? Racism. We need to hold health systems accountable for protecting black moms," says Warren.

Updated Feb. 18, 2025

My husband won’t be my birth coach—and we’re both okay with that

Our doula Amy—calm, experienced, and a veteran of childbirth herself—was the right person to have at the helm.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021
mom holding a newborn after a homebirth surrounded by her 5 kids

These viral photos of a mom’s home birth surrounded by her 5 daughters will leave you in awe

Teller's five little girls—12-year-old Audrey, 10-year-old Ella, 7-year-old Lillian, 4-year-old Zolie and 2-year-old Zuri—were thrilled to be the welcome wagon for their new little sister, Talullah.

Updated Dec. 02, 2021

I desperately wanted a VBAC for my second birth experience

I felt like he took my birth experience and placed it into a tiny box to check. Sitting there, I felt like I had my birth plan taken from me. I was powerless and devastated—for months.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

To decrease your partner’s labor pain, hold her hand

Everything you do for your partner while she's in labor makes a difference. Even if all you do is hold her hand.

Updated Dec. 12, 2018

My birth experience was traumatic—but I am slowly starting to heal

You would think almost dying would make me grateful for living—but it left me stunned and incredibly sad.

Updated Mar. 17, 2025

What is hypnobirthing? Everything you need to know

Hypnobirthing is quite simply a way of helping women prepare for a positive birth

Updated Nov. 15, 2022

Amazing video shows baby born inside amniotic sac—here’s why it happens

It’s called an en caul birth—exceedingly rare, but exceedingly cool.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021
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