With each contraction, Maria Ibarra’s plan to deliver her daughter in her Ohio living room seemed less likely. The baby’s heart rate was slowing, her midwife said. They needed to go to the hospital ...

KUMAMOTO--The head of Jikei Hospital here is calling on Japan to establish a legal framework for confidential births to protect the safety of the babies and their mothers. “If mothers are determined ...

Better born and stay alive than thrown into the toilet ring. If I were a young woman alone, I might be scared and that way could help me get through it. Possibility of course to gain back the child ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — For 41 years, Community Hospital North has been helping families welcome their little loves into the world. For the eleventh year in a row, they hold the title for most baby ...

While the rate of home births remains small—making up just 1.4% of all U.S. births in 2021— it’s risen by about 2% each year ...