Rise in home births may increase hospital transfer delays as midwives face challenges coordinating with hospital staff, impacting patient safety.

He’s already wearing 3 to 6 month diapers and clothes. It feels like I skipped straight to having a three-month-old.” ...

A growing number of women in the U.S. are opting to give birth at home rather than at a hospital. Data shows more than 50,000 ...

A growing number of women are opting for home births. But when issues arise during labor, transferring to a hospital can be ...

A spokesperson for the Wye Valley Trust said: "Wye Valley NHS Trust has taken the difficult decision to temporarily suspend its home births service. "While there have been no safety concerns reported, ...

MORNING Live presenter Michelle Ackerley spent two decades battling with excruciating endometriosis before falling pregnant with her ‘miracle’ baby daughter Nala last year. The BBC ...

The Van Emmenis family in Pinetown celebrates a 20-year tradition of five water births at home. Nicolaas and Christene Visser with two of their four children, Zarius and Zian. They are pictured with ...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. births fell a little in 2025, according to newly posted provisional data. Slightly over 3.6 million births have been reported through birth certificates, or about 24,000 fewer ...

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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 ...

POST FALLS, Idaho — Midwives in the region are seeing a surge of interest for their services as more expecting mothers choose to welcome their babies at home or at birth centers instead of hospitals. ...