There are many options for giving birth — using an epidural, going unmedicated, hiring a doula or midwife, or delivering in a ...

Until the middle of the twentieth century, Indigenous babies were usually delivered by traditional midwives, and birthing ...

The word 'midwife' dates back to Middle English, but the role of midwifery extends to modern day. The term midwife originally referred to a woman who was "with" another woman giving birth, but ...

Founded in 2009, the Santa Barbara Birth Center provides personalized, midwifery-led care for families through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.

One midwife laughed at me when I begged for pain relief, saying I didn’t have a clue what real pain was and that the worst ...

Soon-to-be parents hired a woman they believed would act as a licensed midwife. But she in fact belonged to a radical society that was linked to baby deaths around the world ...

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 ...

Australian wellness influencer Stacey Hatfield died after giving birth at home on September 29, prompting an investigation ...

LOW tox’ wellness influencer Stacey Hatfield bled to death hours after welcoming a baby body via ‘freebirth’ at home. The ...

She ended up losing three litres of blood due to a haemorrhage that she alleges had been caused by a ‘ lack of intervention.’ ...

Perineal injuries have been neglected and deprioritised, at the expense of women’s health and wellbeing, write Kathrine ...

In a special edition, we focus on childbirth and how much control women really do have over the process. In France, doulas ...