Many mothers wonder if the pain of childbirth is the same for boys and girls. To everyone's surprise, a recent scientific study has just discovered that it's less painful to give birth to a girl.

Delivering a baby is hard work. Aptly named labor, the process before childbirth can be physically and emotionally taxing — and even painful. While no two patients experience labor and delivery the ...

Something occurred to me recently that I’d never thought of before: porcupine birth. Yeah. Ouch, right? Covered head to tail in sharp quills—that’s gotta pose a serious problem in the delivery room.