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 ...

Despite the noise from midwives and hospitals, the latest data on the number of home births in the U.S. show that very few women are giving birth outside of hospitals. But new CDC data do show that ...

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 ...

Although they’re not the norm, many parents-to-be opt to labor and deliver from the comfort of their own homes — as opposed to having a hospital birth. Plenty of celebrities have chosen to have their ...

I just received the review of the book Pushed written by Noah Berlatsky [“The Obstetric-Industrial Complex,” June 29] and I cannot agree more with Mr. Berlatsky. We have had five children born in a ...

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The percentage of American babies born at home in 2020 was higher than any year since at least 1990, the last year comparable data was collected, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease ...

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 ...

My first home birth was unplanned because my labor progressed quickly, and I didn't want to drive to the birthing center in the middle of it. Despite not being my plan, I was open-minded about home ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Home births are on the rise in the U.S. (Illustration: Aisha Yousaf for Yahoo; photo: Getty Images) (Illustration by Aisha Yousaf ...