There are many options for giving birth — using an epidural, going unmedicated, hiring a doula or midwife, or delivering in a ...

Giving birth at home or in the car when you were planning on making it to the hospital or birth center? Totally not the plan ...

The rise in home births amongst Black women represents a small step in reclaiming their power in maternal health care. (Photo: Adobe Stock) The rise in home births amongst Black women represents a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kāla Noel captured this image of the Wagar family welcoming their baby at a planned home birth. Photo shared by Melissa Cheyney, professor in the OSU College of Liberal Arts and a licensed midwife.

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 ...

A small but growing number of pregnant women are choosing to give birth without any assistance from a midwife or doctor, trusting instead in influencers’ tales of the “euphoria” of a “free birth”. A ...

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 ...

Birthing centers, which offer natural, low-intervention births to low-risk moms, are becoming more and more popular. But regardless of demand, they’re struggling to stay open. When Kimberly Kleoppel ...

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 ...