For years, the American College of Gynecologists and Obstetricians has touted hospitals and accredited birth centers as the safest places to deliver a baby. These facilities, unlike a typical home ...
The scientists note that the rate of home birth in the United States has been increasing over the last two decades, and that 2% of births in the U.S. happen in one of the two types of community ...
She admits her second home birth was "a bit hairy", because the midwife ... and women should be free to choose the environment in which they feel most comfortable. A 2011 study found that for ...
Unfortunately, that was not the case for one new mom when she gave birth. “When I got pregnant with my daughter, my husband started immediately telling me that I should have a home birth,” she ...