In this UK sample, non-birthing parents show significant childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder (CB-PTSD) symptoms and increased invasion in the parent-infant relationship after traumatic ...

Uncovering your origins can be one of the most profound and life-changing journeys you'll ever take. For adoptees, the search ...

Adoptive parents would be allowed to provide more financial support to birth mothers under a popular proposal in New York — ...

Birth parents, both mothers and fathers, are a key piece of the adoption puzzle. The vast majority make the difficult decision to place their child for adoption out of what they perceived to be the ...

When a woman chooses to meet her birth parents alone, her adoptive mom feels blindsided Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We connected with midwives and other birth professionals to help us understand the appeal of free birth—and why its risky. Free ...

When labor begins, every sound feels amplified—the steady rhythm of breathing, the beeping of a monitor, the quiet hum of anticipation. Then, somewhere between contractions, a familiar song begins to ...