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It has taken me over a year to fully understand my home birth experience. Zinn is now 16 months — walking and running — babbling — typical toddler! I've had a lot of time to just sit down ...
The “medical miracle baby” was born at just 24 weeks into pregnancy, and now recovering from the harrowing birth thanks to her grandmother.
Find out what you need to know about home birth. Discover the pros, cons, risks, and benefits, and how home birth may affect your health.
Are you weighing home birth vs hospital birth? Follow one woman’s journey through both childbirth options, and learn what questions to ask a midwife.
Lindsey Drury, a birth photographer, live streamed the home birth of her third baby over the weekend. When Kourtney Kardashian gave birth to daughter Penelope with the world watching, back in 2013 ...
Health insurance might cover home birth, but it's not guaranteed. And if your company does offer coverage, you probably have to meet requirements to qualify.
Her fourth baby came into this world at the family’s home, but there was no doctor, midwife or other medical personnel there. It wasn’t an emergency — it was a planned unassisted childbirth ...
A magical moment for a mother turned out to be a horror one when her baby died after the at-home pool birth in Melbourne, Australia. Now the Coroners Court of Victoria is warning people from doing ...
More parents are opting to have their children experience the birth process, like the actress who wanted her 9-year-old son present for her daughter’s home birth in March.
NPR interns Amanda Steen and Linda Thrasybule recorded, photographed, and videotaped the homebirth of Shannon Earle's third child. Their video documentary tells the story of the night her new ...