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

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 ...

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 – and definitely not common, despite what TV dramas would have you believe.

TikTok users are sharing their free-birth experiences. Doctors say giving birth without any medical assistance can be very dangerous.

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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A wellness influencer died from severe blood loss after having a free birth at home, a court has been told. Stacey Warnecke, 30, was with her husband Nathan and unregulated doula Emily Lal when she ...