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I’m a first time mom, due in May sometime. Husband and I got a doula for a hospital birth which I’m…very hesitant about since doing a lot of research so I’m half way hoping baby comes out at home with the doula. I just want to be me and baby, no one rubbing baby off vigorously with towels or...

Births don't always go according to plan. This mama's homebirth plans changed rapidly when her midwife dropped her from care at 38 weeks. We all have a particular plan in mind when we envision our births, and changing those plans abruptly can be hard to accept. Autumn Reese, a mom of two from...

The Supreme Court in Spain has just sent a very clear message to parents-to-be: If you choose to birth at home and your baby dies, you could face imprisonment. The loss of a child is truly incomprehensible, but what if that loss was followed by jail time? This is exactly what happened to a...

Sometimes the best-laid plans do not materialize in the way that you had hoped, which is often the case during birth. A new study finds that a third of women in Ireland who wanted home births ended up delivering in a hospital. I remember the day well. It was a cold, but bright, February...