Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We connected with midwives and other birth professionals to help us understand the appeal of free birth—and why its risky. Free ...

If you're looking on social media for information and experiences of giving birth at home, you'll find widely varied content. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. On the ...

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 ...

Olympia Bowman champions a middle way. Helen Style says the risks of giving birth without medical assistance are well known After listening to the Guardian podcast series the Birth Keepers, I feel ...

Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University The death of premature twins in Byron Bay in an apparent “wild birth”, or free birth, ...

Hannah Dahlen has worked as a private midwife in the past and attended homebirths. Hannah has received funding from the NHMRC to study the safety of place of birth. If you’re looking on social media ...