Home births are on the rise among women who feel dismissed by or skeptical of the medical establishment.

ST. PAUL - Thirty-six-year-old Sarah Biermeier doesn't fit the midwife stereotype. "I'm not a hippie with a long, flowing dress and Birkenstocks waving my smudge stick around," she says with a laugh.

Tiffany Vassell, a labor and delivery nurse, left a Boston hospital two days early after giving birth to her son seven months ago, exhausted by what she described as inadequate care that forced the ...

Throughout the pandemic, Chrissy Owens and Ildiko Baugus have seen an increase in interest for the work they do. The women, both certified midwives, co-own EVa Home Birth. Their practice, with ...

This blog discusses events in Call the Midwife Season 13 Episode 7. The opinions expressed in this blog post are solely those of the author. I loved the beginning of the episode where we see the ...

A new California law gives midwives more autonomy, so they're able to do their work to work without the supervision of a doctor. We've covered a lot of the new laws that took effect at the beginning ...

Senior certified professional midwife students Samantha Woolman, left, and Louise Zook clean off Chelsey Montogmery-Gusta’s newborn baby boy Dec. 5, 2022, while Shiphrah Birth Services Owner and CPM ...