This is Loretta, I’m Lovina’s daughter. I haven’t written Mom’s column for a while. I thought that since I have some free ...

When you hear a statistic as startling as the rise in autism rates, your mind immediately searches for a reason. And like a ...

Women need clearer warnings on the dangers of home births, a coroner has said after a mother and her baby died in a ...

Staysha Quentrill is part of a small group trying to revive Appalachia’s tradition of at-home midwifery — in a state where ...

These Pennsylvania dishes carry the names of hidden towns, offering a tasty connection to the state’s lesser-known places.

This story originally appeared in the October 2025 issue of Town&Gown magazine. When Bill and Connie Hayes were growing up in Mifflin County, they both say, their parents instilled in them the ...

A Kansas mother has melted the hearts of viewers on social media after showing her toddler’s wide-eyed reaction to the accidental home birth of her baby sister. Posted on August 25 under @bella.thieme ...

“Low-tox” Australian food influencer Stacey Hatfield has died due to “an unforeseen and extremely rare complication” after she home birthed her first child, her grieving husband said. She was 30. The ...

Australian food influencer Stacey Hatfield died on September 29, shortly after giving birth to her first son, Axel, at home. Her death was caused by an "unforeseen and extremely rare complication" ...

Stacey Hatfield, an Australian nutritionist and food influencer who championed a toxin-free lifestyle, died after giving birth at home, her husband said in a post on Instagram. She was 30. In an ...

Stacey Hatfield, an Australia-based nutritionist and food influencer, has died from complications after having a childbirth at home. She was 30. Her husband Nathan Warnecke announced her passing on ...

Minnesota lawmakers approved legislation requiring Medicaid to pay for home births, including paying nurses and midwives the same rate as doctors. The bill, sponsored by a state senator who gave a ...