Researchers have reviewed current knowledge to further understand the reasons for the increased incidence of birth defects in babies born through assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Children ...

Marni Kotak is like most pregnant women who plan a home birth: she hired a midwife and doula, she practiced relaxation techniques, and she inflated a birth tub. But Kotak is a performance artist, and ...

The bedroom is brightly decorated with ocean blue walls, family pictures and photo-imprinted pillows and blankets of the mother-to-be. An inflatable birthing pool and air mattress for the midwife and ...

If all goes as planned, performance artist Marni Kotak will give birth to her first child within the month – in front of an audience at a Brooklyn art gallery. Kotak calls most of her work, “found ...