Nichol Gerber’s recent home birth experience became even more meaningful when she noticed her dog, Penny, had been silently present throughout the entire process. The moment was captured in a ...
Promoters of free birthing reject any type of medical intervention during pregnancy or delivery. The movement has been trending on social media, but critics warn it poses serious risks. By Dawn ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "The footage was not professional," Scudder tells Yahoo Life. "It was captured on an iPhone by the backup midwife as my son was ...
Two Detroit EMTs helped deliver twin girls during an unplanned home birth on July 1 — their first time assisting in a delivery. One baby was born before EMTs arrived; the second was delivered moments ...
Amid a rise in home births, mistrust between midwives and hospitals can put mothers and babies at risk. With each contraction, Maria Ibarra’s plan to deliver her daughter in her Ohio living room ...
Before Ivey Cross was ever expecting, she was glued to TikTok videos of women describing their experiences of giving birth at home. Twenty-five weeks into her own pregnancy, she decided to do so ...
Watching the snow fall outside her bedroom window while holding her newborn, as her husband brought her a cheeseburger and an old fashioned, Hope Payton-Carrillo had no doubt that home birth was the ...