If you're looking on social media for information and experiences of giving birth at home, you'll find widely varied content.

Watching the snow fall outside her bedroom window while holding her newborn, as her husband brought her a cheeseburger and an old fashioned, Hope Payton-Carrillo had no doubt that home birth was the ...

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 ...

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.

Childbirth is a moment of great joy for parents, but at the same time it is a moment of great danger, because both mother and child risk their health and even their lives. Of course, modern medicine ...

The sisters tell PEOPLE the special moment has cemented their incredible bond Samantha Renee Birth Photography (2) McKayla and Adrianna Kennard are sisters who have grown up together and shared many ...

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 ...

What is the condition of the uterus like after giving birth? During pregnancy, the uterus undergoes numerous changes. Its crucial role as a home for the fetus means it needs time to recover.

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 ...