Celebrity Moms Who Chose Home Birth Shared Their Birth Stories

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

I asked a midwife for pain relief during labour – she just laughed

One midwife laughed at me when I begged for pain relief, saying I didn’t have a clue what real pain was and that the worst ...
The Conversation

What’s the difference between a home birth and a free birth?

Hannah Dahlen has worked as a private midwife in the past and attended homebirths. Hannah has received funding from the NHMRC to study the safety of place of birth. If you’re looking on social media ...
New York Daily News

Woman gives birth on side of highway minutes after hospital turns her away

Videos of a pregnant Indiana woman in visible pain after being turned away from the hospital have gone viral online, triggering outrage across social media. Mercedes Wells, 38, was discharged from ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Mom gives birth on side of road after being discharged from NW Ind. hospital in active labor: family

CROWN POINT, Ind. (WLS) -- One couple's relatives say while they are thrilled to welcome a happy, healthy baby, their experience was not one they want for any expectant parents. Breathing through her ...
Page Six

Cardi B gives birth to baby No. 4, her first with boyfriend Stefon Diggs

Cardi B is now a mom of four! The “Bodak Yellow” rapper welcomed her first child with boyfriend Stefon Diggs, she announced Thursday via Instagram. “My life has always been a combination of different ...
Self

No, Birth Control Won’t Make You Attracted to the ‘Wrong’ Person

Social media has long been rife with misinformation about birth control, much of it slamming hormonal contraceptives for health harms (like infertility or even abortion) that it does not cause, or ...
Slate

The New Argument Against Birth Control That Could Appeal Directly to RFK Jr.

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Anti-contraception activists learned from ...
The New York Times

The Greek Tragedy Heroine Who Shows Us That We Aren’t Ever Truly Powerless

Screaming into the void has roots in “Electra,” which has a lot to teach us about the thrill — and limits — of raised voices. Credit...Maciek Jasik for The New York Times Supported by By Jordan Kisner ...
Newsweek

Cat Gives Birth to One Single Kitten, Internet Can’t Cope: ‘Sweetest Mommy’

In a heartwarming TikTok video, a calico cat gives birth to one single look-alike kitten—the way she holds him after he is born leaves internet users in tears. The now-viral video, shared in September ...
Rolling Stone

Kim Thayil to Explore Soundgarden’s Rise and Seattle Grunge Scene in ‘A Screaming Life’

Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil will chronicle his life as a son of immigrants and rock pioneer in his new book, A Screaming Life: Into the Superunknown with Soundgarden and Beyond, set to arrive next year ...
NPR

Finland's stubbornly low birth rate shows why a population shift may be inevitable

Families in the U.S. and around the world are having fewer children as people make profoundly different decisions about their lives. NPR's series Population Shift: How Smaller Families Are Changing ...