Celebrated annually on the first Monday in September, Labor Day recognizes American laborers and achievements of the labor ...

ABC News' Chief Medical Correspondent, Dr. Jennifer Ashton, who has delivered more than 1,500 babies, said that "obstetric management of early labor and active labor is both a science as well as ...

Minorities are likely to go into premature labor than white women, despite the fact that Washington has one of the lowest preterm birth rates in the country at 8.1 percent. Now March of Dimes is ...

Studies have shown that women who use water immersion during the early phase of labor need less epidural anesthesia than those who don't. Their labor is also shorter by about 32 minutes.