With each contraction, Maria Ibarra’s plan to deliver her daughter in her Ohio living room seemed less likely.

A growing number of women in the U.S. are opting to give birth at home rather than at a hospital. Data shows more than 50,000 ...

The death of premature twins in Byron Bay in an apparent "wild birth," or free birth, last week has prompted fresh concerns about giving birth without a midwife or medical assistance. This follows ...

Watching the snow fall outside her bedroom window while holding her newborn, as her husband brought her a cheeseburger and an old fashioned, Hope Payton-Carrillo had no doubt that home birth was the ...

In low-risk pregnancies, mothers and children are just as safe with a planned home birth as they are with a planned birth center birth, a national study led by Oregon State University researchers has ...

Despite the noise from midwives and hospitals, the latest data on the number of home births in the U.S. show that very few women are giving birth outside of hospitals. But new CDC data do show that ...

Home births have been suspended in a county following safety concerns raised by staff. Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust said the suspension is due to last for two weeks, but trust leaders warned it ...

Just as Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) reclaimed her time during Steven Mnuchin’s House Financial Services Committee hearing, Black women across the country are reclaiming their power during ...

Rise in home births may increase hospital transfer delays as midwives face challenges coordinating with hospital staff, impacting patient safety.

POST FALLS, Idaho — Midwives in the region are seeing a surge of interest for their services as more expecting mothers choose to welcome their babies at home or at birth centers instead of hospitals. ...

This blog discusses events in Call the Midwife Season 13 Episode 7. The opinions expressed in this blog post are solely those of the author. I loved the beginning of the episode where we see the ...