Home birth midwives dismiss many risks in pregnancy as being "variations of normal." They use this term to ease the mind of co...

In February 2014, a woman named Danielle was nine months pregnant with her son Gavin Michael and planning a home birth. Her midwife was...

When looking for a safe care provider for your birth, it is very important to find one that carries malpractice insurance. Many home bi...

In trying to understand why the risks of home birth are so elevated compared to hospital birth, it's important to understand the "...

In response to the increased death rates at home birth and the lack of regulation and accountability of home birth midwives, an citizen-led...

What is an HBAC? A vaginal birth after a previous cesarean section is called a VBAC. A home VBAC is often called an HBAC - home birth a...

Distance from an operating room during childbirth matters. If you give birth in a hospital, if there is an emergency you are literally do...

A newborn died last Wednesday as the result of an attempted home birth in Hawaii. From the Hawaii Tribune Herald :  "One obstetricia...

Many women first become interested in home birth after watching the movie "The Business of Being Born." Unfortunately, it's fu...

When I was first learning about home birth, I found the site " Hurt By Homebirth ." The stories that I read profoundly affected me...

As I discussed in the last post , we can only use studies that use home birth data from the United States to determine whether home birth...

Home birth in the United States is very different from home birth in other developed countries. Different Midwives In countries like Ca...

One day, I decided to type the question "Is home birth safe?" into Google. I tried two variations - "Is home birth safe?&q...