Tiffany Vassell, a labor and delivery nurse, left a Boston hospital two days early after giving birth to her son seven months ago, exhausted by what she described as inadequate care that forced the ...

Home births are on the rise among women who feel dismissed by or skeptical of the medical establishment.

Of all the decisions you'll make while pregnant, deciding where to give birth might be the most impactful. Hospitals, birthing centers, and home births all come with benefits and drawbacks; it just ...

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 ...

There were more than 50,000 home births in the United States last year. That marked the highest total since at least 1990 and a 12% increase from 2020. Though home births are becoming more common, ...

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 ...

One of the many decisions expectant mothers have to make is where to deliver their babies. The pandemic has had significant impacts on our relationships to our living spaces, turning millions of ...

In a heartfelt display of vulnerability, Hayley Erbert recently shared intimate footage of her home birth experience on Instagram, celebrating one month with her newborn daughter, Everley Capri Hough.