Before Ivey Cross was ever expecting, she was glued to TikTok videos of women describing their experiences of giving birth at home. Twenty-five weeks into her own pregnancy, she decided to do so ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – After giving birth last month, a Florida mother is now suing an IVF clinic after it turned out the baby wasn’t hers, according to court records obtained by News 6. The lawsuit says ...

Janell Green Smith, 31, was determined to reduce racial disparities in maternal health care. Her family hopes her legacy will prompt change. CHARLESTON, S.C. — Janell Green Smith had attended hundreds ...

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 ...

Earlier this month, Mercedes Wells was ready to give birth at Franciscan Health Hospital in Crown Point, Indiana, when staff turned her away, saying that she would have to come back later because she ...

Mercedes Wells’ story has become all too common when discussing Black maternal care. After a video of her being discharged from Franciscan Health Crown Point Hospital while in active labor went viral, ...

The rapper created a gold heart out of a piece of her umbilical cord Cardi B/Instagram; mommymadeencapsulation/Instagram Cardi B has commemorated her baby's birth in a unique way The rapper decided to ...

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Hannah Dahlen has worked as a private midwife in the past and attended homebirths. Hannah has received funding from the NHMRC to study the safety of place of birth. If you’re looking on social media ...

Cardi B gave birth to a baby boy on November 4. He is her fourth child and first with her boyfriend, Stefon Diggs, who is a wide receiver for the New England Patriots. To commemorate the experience, ...

Across the U.S., pregnant women suffer from miscarriages, stillbirths — sometimes even death — in local jails. In this investigation by Bloomberg Law and NBC News, correspondent Yasmin Vossoughian ...