NEW YORK (AP) — When Elisabeth Bing became interested in childbirth techniques in the 1950s, women were often heavily medicated, dads were generally nowhere near the delivery room and expectant ...

Pregnancy today looks very different from what it was like in our grandmothers’ time. Modern medicine, social progress, and easy access to information have transformed the experience completely.

Pregnant women worry. They worry whether the baby is healthy; they worry if they’re eating right and avoiding everything that could possibly be harmful to the new life growing within. They also worry ...