It's a classic love story — boy meets girl. Girl gets pregnant. Boy and Girl break up. Girl moves to a different state for college. Boy sues Girl for custody of the fetus. Court rules Fetus belongs with Boy. Girl forced to give Fetus to Boy and Boy's New Wife. Boy is Olympic gold medalist Bode Miller. Classic. Love.… Read… 11/25/13 3:45pm 11/25/13 3:45pm

A Utah woman has given birth to a 14 pound, 22-inch-long baby boy. Calm your wincing ladyparts, though — he was delivered via Caesarean Section. Still. Jesus Olympian Stretch Mark Christ. Read… 10/31/13 11:50am 10/31/13 11:50am

Thanks to the efforts of conservatives who got elected based on lying to the electorate about knowing how to do stuff like "create jobs" and "fix the economy" (LOL), it's been a generation since getting an abortion was this big a pain in the ass — albeit not as big a pain in the ass as carrying a pregnancy for 9 months,… Read… 10/10/13 2:10pm 10/10/13 2:10pm

Ever since Kate Middleton gave birth to Baby King George this July, tabloid writers have been eagerly sharpening their cattiest claws in preparation for snarking on the Royal's post-baby body. Kate even rhymes with WEIGHT, you guys! And her last name contains the word "TON!" THIS WILL BE THE MEANEST POST-BABY COVERAGE… Read… 9/23/13 3:25pm 9/23/13 3:25pm

Zimbabwe's rampant corruption has penetrated virtually all levels of public services, and it's gotten so bad that delivering a baby has become unaffordable for most Zimbabwean women. One hospital has reportedly been charging $5 per scream during childbirth for "raising false alarm." False alarm for what? Birthing a tiny … Read… 7/12/13 3:00pm 7/12/13 3:00pm

Childbirth, typically a pretty straightforward (in-and-out, you might say) procedure, costs a staggering amount of money in the United States because pregnant women, uninsured or otherwise, are billed item by overpriced and often unnecessary item. Meanwhile, citizens in other developed countries enjoy the same access… Read… 7/01/13 4:30pm 7/01/13 4:30pm

Delivery rooms increasingly resemble gladiator-style amphitheaters where uninvited family members cram in to watch women give birth, according to Today, which describes situations "rife with drama as grandparents-to-be vie for the best camera angle, or a mother-in-law angles to be the one feeding ice chips between… Read… 5/21/13 10:40am 5/21/13 10:40am

A sexy new study involving beautifully preserved corpses at an ancient Egyptian cemetery in the Dakhleh Oasis revealed some sexy insight into the sex lives of sex-crazed Egyptians: they enjoyed having procreative, penis + vagina = new person sex in July and August, when the temperatures in the Dakhelh Oasis can soar… Read… 5/19/13 12:00pm 5/19/13 12:00pm

A pregnant woman in Ireland who is is two weeks overdue, according to her records at Waterford Regional Hospital, was taken to High Court after refusing the C-section procedure recommended by hospital staff. The woman, who insists that her due date is actually March 18th, in contradiction with the medically-determined … Read… 3/09/13 5:45pm 3/09/13 5:45pm

Caesareans are the most common operation performed in the U.S., but according to a new study, the rates at which the procedure is performed varies widely—ranging from 7 percent of all deliveries to 70 percent of all deliveries—depending on the hospital. And it apparently has to do with the quality of care. Read… 3/05/13 12:00pm 3/05/13 12:00pm

This week, a Texas hospital live-tweeted a scheduled caesarean section, from prep to aftermath, sharing information, photos of everything from the tools to the OR staff, and several (graphic) videos. It's the first fully comprehensive, interactive, live surgery of childbirth to be documented by a hospital staff. Read… 2/22/13 11:15am 2/22/13 11:15am

New data released by the Pew Research Center has shown that the American birth rate dropped 8% between 2007 and 2010, putting the 2010 birth rate at its lowest level since 1920, the first year that we were even keeping track of this sort of thing. Guess this means that my Facebook friends are the last people in this… Read… 11/29/12 6:25pm 11/29/12 6:25pm

This May, Mitt Romney's son Tagg and his wife Jennifer became the proud parents of two beautiful twin boys with the help of a surrogate. And today, TMZ revealed that — gasp — the agreement they made with the surrogate gave the woman carrying their children the option to terminate the pregnancy for pretty much any… Read… 9/21/12 4:10pm 9/21/12 4:10pm

Ahhhhh yes, the old "I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant" gag—a stalwart of soft-focus TLC reenactments, prom bathrooms, and, now, the war in Afghanistan. Good one, secret baby! The legion of women who've lived through the trauma of unexpected childbirth grew by one this week, when a Royal Artillery gunner stationed in… Read… 9/20/12 7:00pm 9/20/12 7:00pm

Jessica Valenti has a baby and a new book. And like any proud new book-parent, she's been promoting the book by pitching pieces to other news outlets about topics covered in the book. But one outlet in particular wasn't interested so much in her feminist take on society's depiction of pregnancy and parenthood. Instead, … Read… 9/14/12 6:00pm 9/14/12 6:00pm

America, the land of the free and the home of the Super Size bucket o' fries, is supposed to be a place of opportunity, where everyone has a fair shot at one day growing up to be the Monopoly Man. But, as many women are finding out, the way we treat working women who dare choose to get pregnant is anything but… Read… 9/10/12 7:00pm 9/10/12 7:00pm

Brazil, the land of talking exotic birds, is wrestling with a childbirth culture that has, in recent years, relied on interventionist procedures such as C-sections. More than half of all babies born in Brazil are delivered via cesarean, a figure, according to the Associated Press, that rises to 82 percent for women on… Read… 8/13/12 1:00pm 8/13/12 1:00pm

As same sex marriage becomes the norm from sea to glittering sea (much to the chagrin of angry folks with their mouths stuffed full of deep fried poultry parts), gay couples are discovering all sorts of the hidden benefits of being legally allowed to get married. Like paying out the ass for a venue because proprietors… Read… 8/10/12 5:30pm 8/10/12 5:30pm

It makes sense that we want to document the most important events in our lives so that we have some tangible thing to hold onto and remind us of significant days gone by. Photos — I don't think I'm about to rock anyone's world here — are an excellent way to do this. Look! You had a second birthday and covered your face … Read… 7/12/12 7:15pm 7/12/12 7:15pm

Georgia is just a governor's signature away from totally banning abortions that occur after 20 weeks of pregnancy under the dubious assertion that at that point, fetuses can feel pain. Anti-abortion advocates crow that this is a positive step toward protecting life, but where this law is totally and irredeemably fucked … Read… 4/02/12 3:30pm 4/02/12 3:30pm

Tales of epicly long labors usually involve a matter of many hours, or maybe even a few days. But one woman in Poland has laid all of those tales to waste: She was in labor for a whopping 75 days. Fortunately for her, it wasn't all active labor with full-force contractions, but it still sounds hellish. Read… 3/08/12 10:20am 3/08/12 10:20am