If you're looking on social media for information and experiences of giving birth at home, you'll find widely varied content. On the one hand, you'll find women who develop a relationship with their ...

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

Most babies are born in hospitals or birth centers – but if labor moves fast, it helps to be prepared. Here's how to stay ...

A small but growing number of pregnant women are choosing to give birth without any assistance from a midwife or doctor, trusting instead in influencers’ tales of the “euphoria” of a “free birth”. A ...

In holistic communities and midwifery deserts, women are turning to the Free Birth Society for information and unlicensed providers ...

TikTok users are sharing their free-birth experiences. Doctors say giving birth without any medical assistance can be very dangerous.

Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University The death of premature twins in Byron Bay in an apparent “wild birth”, or free birth, ...

Giving birth is undoubtedly an empowering experience, no matter how you choose to do it. From the mainstream hospital setting to at home in the living room, mothers have many options when it comes to ...