Birth Story

This Photographer's Photo Series Shows Just How Badass Nurses Really Are

05/30/2020

This Photographer's Photo Series Shows Just How Badass Nurses Really Are

When photographer Katie Lacer first started taking pictures of the labor, delivery, and postpartum nurses who rush to the sides of women during the birthing process, she never thought it would spread like wildfire on social media.

The Pros and Cons of a Natural and an Epidural Birth, From Someone Who's Done Both

12/30/2019

The Pros and Cons of a Natural and an Epidural Birth, From Someone Who's Done Both

I've Googled the phrase "epidural vs. natural childbirth" so many times that the letters on my keyboard have practically worn off.

Kim Kardashian Needed 5 Operations After Giving Birth to Saint: "It Was All Worth It"

12/13/2019

Kim Kardashian Needed 5 Operations After Giving Birth to Saint: "It Was All Worth It"

Kim Kardashian has been candid about her struggles with infertility in the past.

Birth Photographer Captures a Girl’s Awe as She Meets Her Little Sister For the First Time

10/05/2019

Birth Photographer Captures a Girl’s Awe as She Meets Her Little Sister For the First Time

Birth photographer Maína Diniz is used to capturing the intricacies of moms' labors, but at a recent birth, she was faced with photographing not only a mom in labor and her partner, but their young daughter who was present as well.

Kim Kardashian Stopped Real Quick For a Bikini Wax on the Way to Deliver North — I Have a Few Thoughts, but They All Defend Her

09/23/2019

Kim Kardashian Stopped Real Quick For a Bikini Wax on the Way to Deliver North — I Have a Few Thoughts, but They All Defend Her

It's easy to spot a headline that says Kim Kardashian stopped to get a bikini wax on the way to deliver North and feel strongly turned off by it — the behavior might read as unusual or cloaked in vanity.

My Home Birth Experience Was Nowhere Near as Peaceful as I Dreamed It Would Be

05/06/2019

My Home Birth Experience Was Nowhere Near as Peaceful as I Dreamed It Would Be

I had on my husband's sweatpants, flannel shirt, and tank top.

My Postpartum Anxiety Was So Bad, I Kicked My Mom Out of the House

05/06/2019

My Postpartum Anxiety Was So Bad, I Kicked My Mom Out of the House

I knew I wasn't going to have an easy pregnancy.

Jaw-Dropping Photos From a C-Section Birth

04/26/2019

Jaw-Dropping Photos From a C-Section Birth

Jessica Bender is used to snapping pictures of children's birthdays, not their actual births.

This Birth Photographer Shares the Most Memorable — and Jaw-Dropping — Photos From Her 100 Deliveries

04/25/2019

This Birth Photographer Shares the Most Memorable — and Jaw-Dropping — Photos From Her 100 Deliveries

Birth is one of the most important moments of women's lives, yet many mothers find that after the fact, they only have a few concrete memories of the entire birth experience.

This Incredible 61-Year-Old Woman Gave Birth to Her Own Granddaughter — You Read That Right

04/03/2019

This Incredible 61-Year-Old Woman Gave Birth to Her Own Granddaughter — You Read That Right

When 61-year-old Cecile Eledge offered to be the gestational surrogate to her son Matthew and his husband Elliot Dougherty, she wasn't completely serious.

My Birth Plan Didn't Go as Expected, and I'm Better For It

03/28/2019

My Birth Plan Didn't Go as Expected, and I'm Better For It

How I planned to give birth to my second child was 100 percent different from how it actually happened.

A New York Mom Gave Birth to a 15-Pound Miracle Baby — and They're Both Doing Just Fine

03/24/2019

A New York Mom Gave Birth to a 15-Pound Miracle Baby — and They're Both Doing Just Fine

Delivering a baby is a true triumph, no matter how big or small the baby turns out to be — and for Upstate New Yorker Joy Buckley, giving birth to her record-setting baby girl turned out to be a major accomplishment in more ways than one.