Indeed, an underground culture of home births, assisted by illegal midwives, thrives in North Carolina among women who seek an alternative to what they perceive as a sterile, mechanized and unhealthy ...

As the number of mothers choosing to give birth outside of a hospital quickly grows in Arizona, some maternity and public ...

Midwives who are prohibited by state law from delivering babies in North Carolina are renewing their perennial fight to win the right to work here. North Carolina is one of six states that prohibits ...

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 ...

BALTIMORE, Maryland (Reuters Health) - The risk of newborns dying is higher when delivery is at home attended by a certified nurse midwife than when babies are born in hospitals with a certified nurse ...

According to a report from the CDC’s national center for health statistics, there were more than 50,000 home births in the United States in 2021 which is an increase of 12% over the year before the ...

Instead of a conventional hospital birth, Heidi Teeple and her husband, Rod, brought baby Logan into the world while soaking together in a freestanding tub of warm water in their living room, with a ...

Jessie Mazar squeezed the grab handle in her husband’s pickup and groaned as contractions struck her during the 90-minute drive from her home in rural northeastern California to the closest hospital ...

Across rural North Carolina, women drive an hour or more for routine prenatal care and they endure long commutes when it's time to give birth. Some midwives say that they could provide those women ...