Free birthing' describes the intentional choice to give birth without a registered healthcare professional present ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We connected with midwives and other birth professionals to help us understand the appeal of free birth—and why its risky. Free ...

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 ...

Dr. Heather Skanes opened Alabama’s first freestanding birth center in 2022 in her hometown of Birmingham. Skanes, an OB-GYN, wanted to improve access to maternal health care in a state ...

Almost one in five planned home births in Brighton and Haywards Heath could not be facilitated over the past year as the service was suspended 147 times. New mothers have told the BBC they have been ...

A controversial organisation promoting an extreme version of medically unassisted birth has been linked to tragic baby deaths ...