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

CORVALLIS, Oregon — In the largest national study of its kind, Oregon State University researchers found that low-risk, planned home births are as safe as planned births at accredited birth centers.

Kay Kay Lineweaver’s first birthing experience in 2021 didn’t go as planned. Her baby was breech and the doctor wouldn’t allow her to try to give birth vaginally, so she ended up with an unwanted ...

Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University The death of premature twins in Byron Bay in an apparent “wild birth”, or free birth, ...

Two Detroit EMTs helped deliver twin girls during an unplanned home birth on July 1 — their first time assisting in a delivery. One baby was born before EMTs arrived; the second was delivered moments ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Within 6 weeks of delivery, readmission risk was higher after stillbirth vs. live birth. Mental health/substance ...

After two years working in a labor and delivery unit as a surgical tech, Carlie Smith knew she didn’t want to give birth in a hospital. Nearly every night shift she worked was the same: women were ...

Jennifer Cahill and her baby daughter, Agnes, should still be alive. The answer to a system that traumatises women isn’t to trap them in it, it’s to fix it. If you still believe that hospitals are ...