The death of premature twins in Byron Bay in an apparent "wild birth," or free birth, last week has prompted fresh concerns about giving birth without a midwife or medical assistance. This follows ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sharing footage of a home birth can be "empowering." But can society handle it? (Getty Creative) (ideabug via Getty Images) "The ...

A small but growing number of pregnant women are choosing to give birth without any assistance from a midwife or doctor, trusting instead in influencers’ tales of the “euphoria” of a “free birth”. A ...

Kay Kay Lineweaver’s first birthing experience in 2021 didn’t go as planned. Her baby was breech and the doctor wouldn’t allow her to try to give birth vaginally, so she ended up with an unwanted ...

Amid a rise in home births, mistrust between midwives and hospitals can put mothers and babies at risk. With each contraction, Maria Ibarra’s plan to deliver her daughter in her Ohio living room ...

It is not that many decades ago since Irish babies were delivered at home with help from Jubilee nurses, and now Health Correspondent Niamh Griffin meets a group of women who have chosen to give birth ...