The decision to suspend home birth services in Gloucestershire is to be challenged in the High Court. Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust announced the suspension in November after staff raised ...

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 ...

Amid a rise in home births, mistrust between midwives and hospitals can put mothers and babies at risk. With each contraction, Maria Ibarra’s plan to deliver her daughter in her Ohio living room ...