A midwife who attempted to help Cahill during her final stages of labor gave the heartbreaking details leading up to Cahill’s ...

Unfortunately, the mother refused potentially life-saving treatments, and now her husband and toddler are left to grieve a ...

Some midwives tried to get out of being on call as they were "nervous" about a rise in women wanting to have babies away from ...

SEVEN AT TEN. DOUGLAS COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THIS WAS AT AN INFANT’S BIRTH IN MARCH WHEN THE BABY DIED AND THEY SAY IT WASN’T THE FIRST TIME. THANKS FOR JOINING. I’M ROB MCCARTNEY. I’M JULIE CORNELL.

Risa Calibuso, 34, wanted to give birth to her second child at home. In the Philippines, where she lives, that's against the law. In 2008 the country passed the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and ...

Despite the noise from midwives and hospitals, the latest data on the number of home births in the U.S. show that very few women are giving birth outside of hospitals. But new CDC data do show that ...

Kay Kay Lineweaver’s first birthing experience in 2021 didn’t go as planned. Her baby was breech and the doctor wouldn’t allow her to try to give birth vaginally, so she ended up with an unwanted ...

Giving birth at home isn't for everyone — or even many expectant parents. But research shows that the practice is growing in popularity. Home births in the U.S. also rose 12% from 2020 to 2021, and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Two years ago, when Athena was about to come ...

Growing dissatisfaction with hospital birthing processes and its mistreatment of women are causing a small but growing number to choose home births instead. Exhausted after giving birth to her ...