"We trusted the professionals who were guiding us, and [the newborn] should have had the safest possible start in her life," ...

Promoters of free birthing reject any type of medical intervention during pregnancy or delivery. The movement has been ...

Poppy Home Lomas was just seven days old when she died at University College Hospital, central London, on October 26, 2022.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Baby Haven Bautista Cervantes was born at Madera Community Hospital on Sept. 8, 2025, the first baby delivered at the hospital ...

Gemma Lomas said she had trusted NHS workers who were guiding her home birth and that her daughter Poppy, who died a week ...

The mother of a baby who died a week after birth was failed by the NHS trust which did not make her aware of the risks ...

Home births have been suspended in a county following safety concerns raised by staff. Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust said the suspension is due to last for two weeks, but trust leaders warned it ...

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 ...

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 ...