Promoters of free birthing reject any type of medical intervention during pregnancy or delivery. The movement has been ...

Gemma Lomas said she had trusted NHS workers who were guiding her home birth and that her daughter Poppy, who died a week ...

Home births have been suspended in a county following safety concerns raised by staff. Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust said the suspension is due to last for two weeks, but trust leaders warned it ...

Poppy Hope Lomas died at just seven days old following complications during a home birth her mother said she was encouraged ...

A MOTHER was given her “blue and floppy” newborn and told “there’s your baby” by a midwife after a traumatic home birth, an ...

With each contraction, Maria Ibarra’s plan to deliver her daughter in her Ohio living room seemed less likely. The baby’s heart rate was slowing, her midwife said. They needed to go to the hospital ...

I just received the review of the book Pushed written by Noah Berlatsky [“The Obstetric-Industrial Complex,” June 29] and I cannot agree more with Mr. Berlatsky. We have had five children born in a ...

A study found that women who gave birth at home were less likely to need interventions like electronic fetal monitoring. But the AMA and other doctors' groups remain opposed to the procedure. What ...