If you're looking on social media for information and experiences of giving birth at home, you'll find widely varied content. On the one hand, you'll find women who develop a relationship with their ...

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 ...

Planning for labor and delivery means thinking through your options – and for some moms-to-be, that includes going medication-free. "If your goal is a medication-free delivery, that is absolutely ...

Childbirth is often framed as a choice between two extremes: “natural” birth or medical intervention. The real challenge is making sure women can decide how they give birth, without pressure in either ...

Pressure on women from antenatal classes, social media and health care professionals to have a natural birth is causing lasting psychological harm when it does not go to plan, new research shows. The ...

If you’re looking on social media for information and experiences of giving birth at home, you’ll find widely varied content. On the one hand, you’ll find women who develop a relationship with their ...