The Guardian’s new podcast, The Birth Keepers, explores how a global network promoting unassisted childbirth has shaped women’s decisions​ around childbirth. One mother’s story stands as a stark warni ...

The movement’s adherents are women who give birth without trained medical assistance; in the most extreme versions, they ...

David Hackney, MD, a maternal-fetal medicine physician at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, noted that for many ...

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 ...

With women opting for "free birth" or "unassisted birth" the stakes are only getting higher. Dismissing medical advice is also taking the form of a misguided practice of prolonging delivery well ...

Krissy Rich had been in active labor for five hours on the floor of her Fremont bathroom when she daughter Jasrael descend. To ease the pressure, Rich reached her fingernail inside and popped her ...

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 ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Follow Kelly Burch Every time Kelly publishes a story, you’ll get an alert straight to your inbox!

BOSTON (AP) -- Women do not open themselves to criminal charges by giving birth without medical assistance, the highest court in Massachusetts said Friday as it ruled in the case of a Milford woman ...