On managing labor pain at home My midwife told me I needed to sleep in between contractions to conserve energy. So there were a few hours where I was just laying in bed with pillows stuffed ...

Supermodel Gisele Bundchen is pregnant with her third child and reportedly plans to give birth at home. Labor doulas discuss the benefits, risks and other considerations about the home birth process.

In 2023, the most recent year of data available, more than 1,800 babies were born in Wisconsin in intended home births with midwives. More than 8,800 births were attended by midwives, whether at ...

A mum who developed trouble with her leg thought it might be from working from home until doctors told her it was because she ...

Natural Birth: What You Can Expect. How you choose to give birth and work through the pain of it is up to you. The two most common childbirth philosophies are called the Lamaze technique and the ...

One of the touchstones for “Extreme Pain, Extreme Joy,” Shannon said, is W. Eugene Smith’s famous photo essay “Country Doctor,” published in Life magazine in 1948, about a heroically ...

Natasha Downing, who was 39 weeks pregnant, had only just left her home in Calabasa with her suitcase in tow when she was overcome with crippling pain and had to crouch down near the doorway.

You are at home, there is no pain medication,” Lawrence, 34, told Us Weekly exclusively about her home birth while promoting her partnership with Elvie’s Stride 2 breast pump.

Women who opt for home birth say the experience can be different during the entirety of their pregnancy, with midwives often conducting lengthy prenatal appointments, sometimes in the woman’s home.