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 – and definitely not common, despite what TV dramas would have you believe.

For Cait Scudder, the decision to share video footage of herself delivering her son in a water birth back in 2022 wasn't a complicated one. As founder of the Millionaire Mother community and a ...

Home births have doubled in the area served by a scandal-hit hospital that was forced to close its maternity unit earlier ...

In newly-released findings, an Australian coroner determined that the 2022 death of "Baby E" was preventable Getty In December 2022, a newborn died after her mom gave birth in a birthing pool without ...

Madera lacks a maternity ward and Planned Parenthood, forcing travel to Fresno. Home births rose after 2023 reopening; midwives handle low-risk cases. Cost and lack of insurers drive unassisted births ...

A mom who had a home birth was surprised to discover what her dog got up to while she was in labor, after watching a video of the event. Nichol Gerber chose to have her second child at home for the ...

Even before Diana Castro Cook became pregnant, she knew she wanted to give birth with the help of a midwife when the time came. She had experienced midwifery with her former roommate, who had given ...

It’s Black Maternal Health Week. Here’s everything you should know to protect yourself and those you love. But amidst this painful reality, a story rooted in joy, agency, and radical ...

For some families, giving birth at home feels natural, intimate, and culturally aligned. Others are drawn to it because of high hospital costs, fear of unnecessary interventions, or a desire for ...

According to findings filed with the Coroners Court of Victoria earlier this month, the mother got the birthing pool from Emily Lal, a social media influencer In an Instagram Story post viewed by ...