The "birthing ball" is a wonderful comfort tool for pregnancy and labor.

Nancy Sullivan is the founder and editor of MidwifeInfo.com  Shas been a certified nurse-midwife since 1983. 

Sterile water papules are a new, drug-free way to control pain.

Exercising regularly under normal conditions can be confusing enough, so what about when you become pregnant? An original article by Carolyne Anthony, founder of the Center for Women's Fitness in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

You're pregnant, so you think twice about what you put into your body; after all, there are two of you to think about.

A good general rule during pregnancy is not to use anything other than simple foods and nutritive herbs unless the action of the substance on the uterus and fetus is known.

There are suggestions that the practice of early cord clamping may have far-reaching detrimental effects on the infant, such as autism, infant anemia, childhood mental disorders and hypoxic ischemic brain damage.

How should childbearing women with a history of cesarean be counseled about the optimal mode of delivery with their current pregnancy?  

As many midwives have found, a doula can be an invaluable resource to a laboring woman and to a new mother.

Can sucking on a sugar solution ease your baby's pain during painful procedures?