The death of premature twins in Byron Bay in an apparent "wild birth," or free birth, last week has prompted fresh concerns about giving birth without a midwife or medical assistance. This follows ...

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

In newly-released findings, an Australian coroner determined that the 2022 death of "Baby E" was preventable Getty In December 2022, a newborn died after her mom gave birth in a birthing pool without ...

For Cait Scudder, the decision to share video footage of herself delivering her son in a water birth back in 2022 wasn't a complicated one. As founder of the Millionaire Mother community and a ...

Birthing centers, which offer natural, low-intervention births to low-risk moms, are becoming more and more popular. But regardless of demand, they’re struggling to stay open. When Kimberly Kleoppel ...

A woman who almost died during childbirth at home alongside her baby said she has no regrets – and would still advocate for non-hospital births. Mum-of-three Geo James, 32, decided to birth her ...

Concerned that a jury might fault the parents for choosing a home birth, prosecutor Krista Boucher offered a plea deal. On May 5, 2011, 50 to 75 supporters stood as Carr entered the courtroom in what ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “The footage was not professional,” Scudder tells Yahoo Life. “It was captured on an iPhone by the backup midwife as my son was ...

Australia’s first licensed independent birthing centre has opened on the Gold Coast, offering women an alternative to hospital births amid rising caesarean and intervention rates. One covered in sweat ...