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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “The footage was not professional,” Scudder tells Yahoo Life. “It was captured on an iPhone by the backup midwife as my son was ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hayley Erbert is opening up about one of the most transformative moments of her life. One month after welcoming her first child ...

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 ...

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 ...

Giving Tuesday is a global day of generosity, but here in Santa Barbara County, it’s a chance to make a personal, local difference. At Noozhawk, we believe in the power of community and the impact ...