With each contraction, Maria Ibarra’s plan to deliver her daughter in her Ohio living room seemed less likely. The baby’s heart rate was slowing, her midwife said. They needed to go to the hospital ...

"We trusted the professionals who were guiding us, and [the newborn] should have had the safest possible start in her life," ...

Home births have been suspended in a county following safety concerns raised by staff. Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust said the suspension is due to last for two weeks, but trust leaders warned it ...

Over the past fifteen years, a midwife in eastern North Carolina has helped deliver, by her count, almost 350 babies. In the ...