As home births become more popular, midwives and medical experts stress the importance of clear emergency plans.

The birth of a baby is difficult in every aspect, whether logistics or health. Living under lockdown in the middle of a pandemic is also difficult, logistically as well as psychologically. And already ...

Nichol Gerber’s recent home birth experience became even more meaningful when she noticed her dog, Penny, had been silently present throughout the entire process. The moment was captured in a ...

For Cait Scudder, the decision to share video footage of herself delivering her son in a water birth back in 2022 wasn't a complicated one. As founder of the Millionaire Mother community and a ...

Watching the snow fall outside her bedroom window while holding her newborn, as her husband brought her a cheeseburger and an old fashioned, Hope Payton-Carrillo had no doubt that home birth was the ...

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 ...

A growing number of families are choosing home births, often seeking a more personal and comfortable environment during labor ...