Two women accused of operating as 'unregistered midwives' have charged with manslaughter over a home birth that ended in tragic circumstances. Emergency services were called to a home at Karangi ...

Approximately 1% of American women give birth at home and face substantial obstacles when they make this choice. This study describes the reasons that women in the United States choose home birth.

baby boy at home without an epidural Julie Mazziotta is ... and knew it worked best without medical intervention,” Bancroft says. Her birth photos — taken by Laura Fifield Photography ...

The vast majority of children in the United States are born in a hospital, but the number of planned home births has gone up significantly in the past few years. At the root of this growing trend ...