Giving birth at home isn't for everyone — or even many expectant parents. But research shows that the practice is growing in popularity. Home births in the U.S. also rose 12% from 2020 to 2021, and ...

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Over the past decade, California has seen a sustained rise in the proportion of people who opt to give birth at home or in midwife-run birthing centers rather than in a hospital. Getty ...

More pregnant people are turning away from hospital births and instead choosing their homes, according to research presented during the American Academy of Pediatrics 2025 National Conference & ...

There were more than 50,000 home births in the United States in 2021, an increase of 12% over the year before and the highest level since at least 1990, according to a report released Thursday from ...

Kāla Noel captured this image of the Wagar family welcoming their baby at a planned home birth. Photo shared by Melissa Cheyney, professor in the OSU College of Liberal Arts and a licensed midwife.

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Eileen Fruithandler delivered her second child at home with a midwife in 1992 – an era when she and her late husband faced pushback from loved ones about the decision. “I’m lying to everyone – I had ...

The vast majority of children in the United States are born in a hospital, but the number of planned home births has gone up significantly in the past few years. At the root of this growing trend is ...