A very small, but passionate, group of parents are advocates for a type of unassisted birth known as "free birth." Here's why ...

A small but growing community of TikTokers is glorifying the dangerous practice of "free birth." Free birth is giving birth with no medical attendants and sometimes forgoing prenatal care. OB-GYNs ...

Giving birth at home or in the car when you were planning on making it to the hospital or birth center? Totally not the plan ...

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 ...

Hannah Dahlen has worked as a private midwife in the past and attended homebirths. Hannah has received funding from the NHMRC to study the safety of place of birth. If you’re looking on social media ...

Black mothers in the U.S. are particularly at risk, National Geographic reports. "Why giving birth in the U.S. is surprisingly deadly" is part of National Geographic’s special-edition, single-topic ...

Two in three women who have given birth in the last three years say they are still “recovering” from the experience, according to new research. A survey of 2,000 women found that recovery after ...

"All the children are doing well," said the woman's doctor. CASABLANCA, Morocco -- "I feel very happy to carry my child," 26 year-old Halima Cissé told ABC News, while holding newborn Muhammad, one of ...

Their shared pregnancy journey was so similar, it came with the same serious medical diagnosis. But a new campaign at ...