It was very uncomfortable to lie down for her exam; I was in full-blown labor and we had ... over and we both decided we wanted to have a home birth. We knew that there were going to be friends ...

So like many other expectant mothers right now, Pedroza started considering a home birth. But time was running out. Midwives don’t often take late transfers, O’Hare said, because it takes time ...

In low-risk pregnancies, mothers and children are just as safe with a planned home birth as they are with a planned birth center birth, a national study led by Oregon State University researchers has ...

In low-risk pregnancies, mothers and children are just as safe with a planned home birth as they are with a planned birth ...

This was decades ago, before home births, much less unassisted births, gained popularity. Shanley, author of Unassisted Childbirth, is not alone, although she is still in a distinct minority ...

For years, the American College of Gynecologists and Obstetricians has touted hospitals and accredited birth centers as the safest places to deliver a baby. These facilities, unlike a typical home ...

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.