Analysis from FAIR Health in 2024 found that the national median hospital charge for a vaginal delivery in the U.S. was just over $31,000, while a C-section had a median charge of around $44,400, for patients without insurance or using an out-of-network hospital.

With eight kids and another one on the way, Megan Alger can seem more like the CEO of a small company than a typical American mom. In their family's suburban home in Augusta, Ga., kids are taught to be self-sufficient from a young age. Megan regularly ...

This Morning star Alice Liveing has unveiled a terrifying health scare just weeks after giving birth. The personal trainer, who is a regular on the ITV programme, urged her followers to 'get checked' after experiencing an unusual post-birth symptom.

The sisters' sons were also the same weight and height at birth. Identical twin sisters Jill Justiniani and Erin Cheplak share the same birthday, and now their newborn sons do, too. Justiniani and Cheplak, both of Yorba Linda, California, gave birth to ...

Standing in front of an empty lot one afternoon in the Georgia heat, Katie Chubb gestures to the place where she's been trying to open a birth center for six years. "We'd have parking along the road," she says, describing her vision for a place that would ...

Josie Last arrived at the hospital at 7 a.m. nearly 41 weeks pregnant and scheduled for an induced labor. That evening, at about 11:30 p.m. on March 26, she gave birth to her first baby, a boy named Luca, at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in West ...

“We’re going to end up at Buc-ee’s. That’s the next exit here” Nathan Birdsong told the 911 operator. “By the time I got on the off ramp on I-44, they transitioned me to a Mercy (hospital) representative to give me advice for the birth.” At around 3:15 a.m., the parking lot at the Buc-ee’s was nearly empty.

A routine drive to the hospital turned into an unforgettable delivery for two Canadian parents. Larissa Gislason, 29, and her partner Aaron Labreche, 32, caught the moment she gave birth to their son in the front seat of the family car—just one minute ...

The federal vaccine advisory panel, all appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., voted to drop the universal recommendation that children should get vaccinated for hepatitis B at birth. William Brangham discussed this and other changes under consideration for vaccines with pediatrician Dr.