Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We connected with midwives and other birth professionals to help us understand the appeal of free birth—and why its risky. Free ...

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 ...

A magical moment for a mother turned out to be a horror one when her baby died after the at-home pool birth in Melbourne, Australia. Now the Coroners Court of Victoria is warning people from doing so.

Women around the world are choosing to give birth without doctors or midwives, guided instead by influencer stories that ...

Capitalizing on medical distrust, some influencers are selling guides to "freebirths" -- medically unassisted births -- and "wild pregnancies" -- pregnancies without prenatal care. The Guardian ...