Promoters of free birthing reject any type of medical intervention during pregnancy or delivery. The movement has been ...

Unassisted childbirth is spreading online, but medical experts warn of severe maternal and neonatal risks that are often ...

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 ...

WHEN ADAM BOYLE got a phone call from his father to say that his sister Naomi had been taken to hospital following complications during her home birth, he somehow knew that the worst was going to ...