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Why Pre-Registering for Labor and Delivery Can Make Your Life Easier

Planning on delivering at a hospital or birthing center? You could just show up, but it's better to come prepared — so here’s ...
What to Expect on MSN

8 Things Your Labor and Delivery Nurses Want You to Know About Childbirth

Nicci Bryant, a labor and delivery R.N.C.-O.B., B.S.N., wants moms everywhere to know that they are the real ones in charge. A nurse is there to be a guide, a helper, and an advocate, but remember ...
The New York Times

Most Rural Hospitals Have Closed Their Maternity Wards, Study Finds

Labor and delivery units are losing money and struggling to find staff, in rural areas and large cities alike. By Sarah Kliff Sarah Kliff is an investigative health ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Doctors 'shocked': Mercy Health-West to close labor and delivery

A Hamilton County hospital is closing down its obstetrics labor and delivery program due to staffing shortages. Mercy Health-West Hospital has served Greater Cincinnati’s expecting mothers and ...
Detroit Free Press

U.P. nurses to protest a plan to close the birthing center at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital

A protest is set for Sept. 17 to rally against Aspirus Health's planned closure of the labor and delivery unit at the Aspirus Ironwood Hospital. The hospital did not accept a $1.2 million grant from ...