CORVALLIS, Oregon — In the largest national study of its kind, Oregon State University researchers found that low-risk, planned home births are as safe as planned births at accredited birth centers.

There were more than 50,000 home births in the United States last year. That marked the highest total since at least 1990 and a 12% increase from 2020. Though home births are becoming more common, ...

Poppy Home Lomas was just seven days old when she died at University College Hospital, central London, on October 26, 2022.

The Aveta Birth Centre at Cheltenham General Hospital in Gloucestershire has been closed since 2022 due to staff shortages ...

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

Poppy Hope Lomas was seven days old when she died in 2022 following complications during a home birth her mother said she was ...

Share on Pinterest Experts say there are number of reasons people decide to give birth at home. Myrrha/Getty Images The number of home births continues to increase in the United States. Experts say ...

Our grandson was born at home in what his mother calls an accidental home birth. Over the course of two days in a labour that ...

Tia DeShazor began to question whether she wanted to give birth in a hospital when she was about six months pregnant. It was winter 2021 and COVID-19 was still raging through New York City, where she ...