Brittany Pelletz and Stacie Lopez sit down with licensed midwife and certified professional midwife, Midon Wingo, of ...

Watching the snow fall outside her bedroom window while holding her newborn, as her husband brought her a cheeseburger and an old fashioned, Hope Payton-Carrillo had no doubt that home birth was the ...

Within the swaths of maternity care deserts across the Southwest are some alternative birthing options — like through a midwife, and not in a hospital. With drastic cuts to healthcare across the ...

A first-time mother in Southeast Texas helped pull her baby into the world at Christus St. Elizabeth hospital.

ST. PAUL - Thirty-six-year-old Sarah Biermeier doesn't fit the midwife stereotype. "I'm not a hippie with a long, flowing dress and Birkenstocks waving my smudge stick around," she says with a laugh.

More than 30% of births are delivered by cesarean section, also known as C-sections, said Alexis Pistone, physical therapist ...

Over the past few years, pregnant women in the Eugene-Springfield area have seen birthing options dwindle. Maternity health ...

As low-intervention childbirth methods increase in the U.S., hospitals are offering pregnant moms a variety of options to help them be more comfortable during labor and delivery. A new ...

Your first prenatal care visit takes place when you are 8–10 weeks pregnant. This initial visit typically takes 40 minutes. You will see either a midwife or women’s health nurse practitioner during ...

Doulas are not medically trained to deliver babies, but researchers have found that the support doulas provide can improve birthing outcomes.