A very small, but passionate, group of parents are advocates for a type of unassisted birth known as "free birth." Here's why ...
Giving birth at home or in the car when you were planning on making it to the hospital or birth center? Totally not the plan ...
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 ...
In holistic communities and midwifery deserts, women are turning to the Free Birth Society for information and unlicensed providers ...
Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University The death of premature twins in Byron Bay in an apparent “wild birth”, or free birth, ...
TikTok users are sharing their free-birth experiences. Doctors say giving birth without any medical assistance can be very dangerous.
In today’s newsletter: A new Guardian podcast, The Birth Keepers, explores how a global network promoting unassisted childbirth has shaped women’s decisions around childbirth. One mother’s story ...
Giving birth is undoubtedly an empowering experience, no matter how you choose to do it. From the mainstream hospital setting to at home in the living room, mothers have many options when it comes to ...
A proposal to make birth free in the United States has sparked discussion among Catholics and other pro-lifers in recent months. Written by President and CEO of Americans United for Life Catherine ...