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 ...

The average age of moms giving birth in the U.S. continues to rise, hitting nearly 30 years old in 2023, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the report, ...

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 ...

No one goes into labor 100% fully prepared for what’s going to happen, but here are some things that may help leading up to the big day.

Black mothers in the U.S. are particularly at risk, National Geographic reports. "Why giving birth in the U.S. is surprisingly deadly" is part of National Geographic’s special-edition, single-topic ...