Nationwide, the number of freestanding birth centers doubled between 2012 and 2022, but more recently the pressures have ...

A very small, but passionate, group of parents are advocates for a type of unassisted birth known as "free birth." Here's why ...

Sure, they’re born free — but taking the risky route could come at a high cost. Welcoming a baby into the world is often revered as sacred by most women. So rather than having the precious moment ...

Krissy Rich had been in active labor for five hours on the floor of her Fremont bathroom when she daughter Jasrael descend. To ease the pressure, Rich reached her fingernail inside and popped her ...

Letters: Olympia Bowman champions a middle way. Helen Style says the risks of giving birth without medical assistance are well known ...

Giving birth at home or in the car when you were planning on making it to the hospital or birth center? Totally not the plan – and definitely not common, despite what TV dramas would have you believe.

This pregnant mom is nursing a grudge against doctors. Kaytlynn Griem, 23, is a mom of two with one more on the way — yet refuses to be seen by a doctor, even for an ultrasound, or give birth with any ...

The woman "delivered a baby boy in the car alone" after emergency room staffers failed to evaluate her, according to a ...

In a video that has recently gone viral, a woman is shown giving birth not only on a beach but while she was actually sitting in the lapping waves of the ocean. New mom Josy Peukert posted her ...

With women opting for "free birth" or "unassisted birth" the stakes are only getting higher. Dismissing medical advice is also taking the form of a misguided practice of prolonging delivery well ...

BOSTON (AP) -- Women do not open themselves to criminal charges by giving birth without medical assistance, the highest court in Massachusetts said Friday as it ruled in the case of a Milford woman ...

Madera lacks a maternity ward and Planned Parenthood, forcing travel to Fresno. Home births rose after 2023 reopening; midwives handle low-risk cases. Cost and lack of insurers drive unassisted births ...