Madera County resident Glory Warner was born at home in the 1990s. Now, she's nearing her due date and wants to do the same with her baby. Warner says that she romanticized the idea of a home birth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Home births have doubled in the area served by a scandal-hit hospital that was forced to close its maternity unit earlier this ...

I just received the review of the book Pushed written by Noah Berlatsky [“The Obstetric-Industrial Complex,” June 29] and I cannot agree more with Mr. Berlatsky. We have had five children born in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The rise in home births amongst Black women represents a small step in reclaiming their power in maternal health care. (Photo: ...

In a midwife's suburban Atlanta home with a playground and chicken coop outside, Madie Collins lay on an examination table while the midwife measured her pregnant belly. Unlike at many a doctor's ...

Amid rising concerns about hospital care, more American families are choosing home births, signaling a shift in trust and expectations for maternity care. Home births in the US have continued to rise ...

With each contraction, Maria Ibarra's plan to deliver her daughter in her Ohio living room seemed less likely. The baby's heart rate was slowing, her midwife said. They needed to go to the hospital ...

Giving birth is obviously no easy feat. There’s a reason why it is talked about in almost reverent tones. Anyone who has been through pregnancy and labor knows it is a different kind of pain. Because ...