Despite the noise from midwives and hospitals, the latest data on the number of home births in the U.S. show that very few women are giving birth outside of hospitals. But new CDC data do show that ...

The decision to suspend home birth services in Gloucestershire is to be challenged in the High Court. Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust announced the suspension in November after staff raised ...

Almost one in five planned home births in Brighton and Haywards Heath could not be facilitated over the past year as the service was suspended 147 times. New mothers have told the BBC they have been ...

Baby Haven Bautista Cervantes was born at Madera Community Hospital on Sept. 8, 2025, the first baby delivered at the hospital since before it closed for over two years back in January of 2023. Madera ...

Home births are on the rise among women who feel dismissed by or skeptical of the medical establishment.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Home birth services in Gloucestershire were suspended in November [Getty Images] The decision to suspend home birth services in ...

Madera lacks a maternity ward and Planned Parenthood, forcing travel to Fresno. Home births rose after 2023 reopening; midwives handle low-risk cases. Cost and lack of insurers drive unassisted births ...