A leading obstetrician has warned that there has been a 'massive' rise in women choosing to give birth at home after hearing 'too many scare stories' about hospital births. The stark warning came ...

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 ...

Women who have been exposed to multiple traumatic experiences during childhood have more difficult births than others. They are much more likely to need emergency cesarean sections, suffer major ...