Amid rising concerns about hospital care, more American families are choosing home births, signaling a shift in trust and expectations for maternity care. Home births in the US have continued to rise ...

With each contraction, Maria Ibarra’s plan to deliver her daughter in her Ohio living room seemed less likely. The baby’s heart rate was slowing, her midwife said. They needed to go to the hospital ...

"We trusted the professionals who were guiding us, and [the newborn] should have had the safest possible start in her life," ...

Over the past fifteen years, a midwife in eastern North Carolina has helped deliver, by her count, almost 350 babies. In the ...

Gemma Lomas held her daughter Poppy for the first time on the day she died. A week earlier, on Oct 19, 2022, a catastrophic ...

Data: CDC; Note: Includes intended and unintended home births; Chart: Jacque Schrag/Axios While still relatively small compared to overall live births, the number of births occurring inside the home ...

With each contraction, Maria Ibarra’s plan to deliver her daughter in her Ohio living room seemed less likely. The baby’s heart rate was slowing, her midwife said. They needed to go to the hospital ...