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

Letters: Olympia Bowman champions a middle way. Helen Style says the risks of giving birth without medical assistance are well known ...

LOS ANGELES Pasadena mother Joya Roy comes from a medical family. Her father is professor of gynecology at USC. Her mother is a registered nurse. So it came as a bit of a surprise when Joya decided to ...

ASHLAND, Ore. - When Jennifer Margulis went into labor with her fourth child, she sent her husband off to take the kids to school, then waited at home for her body to do what she felt confident it had ...

A newborn infant in Australia died after her mother gave birth in a 'home-birthing' pool hired by freebirth-promoting socialite Emily Lal. According to the Coroners Court of Victoria's conclusions, it ...

Margulis’ decision to have her child without medical help evolved. She had a bad experience with her first birth in a hospital, and her second birth, which was with a midwife at home. A midwife also ...

She had a bad experience with her first birth, in a hospital, and her second birth, which was with a midwife at home. A midwife also assisted with the third, but this woman had half of her own 10 ...