A very small, but passionate, group of parents are advocates for a type of unassisted birth known as "free birth." Here's why ...

I was diagnosed with postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder and psychosis. I’m a neurologist married to a neurosurgeon; I ...

Suze Lopez, a 41-year-old nurse who lives in Bakersfield, California, didn't know she was pregnant with her second child ...

Beaufort Memorial Hospital is making changes to its emergency care procedures after a federal review found the hospital ...

Forty-four years ago today on Dec. 28, my mother gave birth to me, the first baby in the U.S. conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF). I exist because of science, and most importantly, because ...

“Welcome to the Free Birth Society – where women think for themselves and children are born free.” The opening line of the ...

A pathologist noted the child was born through the leg-hole of boxer shorts the 19-year-old woman kept on which, likely pressed his face against her thigh. The post 'I just didn't do anything': ...

Officials in Congress and in states from Pennsylvania to California said they were alarmed by a Bloomberg Law and NBC News ...

IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A CHRISTMAS COOKIE is an animated Christmas special episode featuring Mouse and his human friend, Oliver ...

I have been reading exposés about the free birth movement for nearly as long as I have been covering women’s health. The movement’s adherents are women who give birth without trained medical ...

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