If you're looking on social media for information and experiences of giving birth at home, you'll find widely varied content. On the one hand, you'll find women who develop a relationship with their ...

The COVID-19 pandemic forced plenty of aspects of the patient care journey to take place at home, but one potentially risky trend involves “free births,” which have gained traction on TikTok in recent ...

The death of premature twins in Byron Bay in an apparent “wild birth”, or free birth, last week has prompted fresh concerns about giving birth without a midwife or medical assistance. This follows ...

A small but growing number of pregnant women are choosing to give birth without any assistance from a midwife or doctor, trusting instead in influencers’ tales of the “euphoria” of a “free birth”. A ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Jinti Fell is barefoot on a sandy beach, overlooking a colorful horizon while cradling a baby in her ...

Kirsten Johnson was sitting at home on Christmas Eve when a sharp wave of pain stole her next breath. More than a week past ...

A perception doctors and midwives are "doing things to women without consent" may be behind a rise in free births, an inquest into a mother's death has heard.