Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sarah Simmons, a midwife and co-owner of Maple Street Birth Center in rural Omak, Wash., is pictured holding a newborn. Sarah ...

Our country is experiencing a maternal mortality crisis. Too many women, particularly Black and Hispanic women, are at risk of dying due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth. And with women’s ...

Of all the decisions you'll make while pregnant, deciding where to give birth might be the most impactful. Hospitals, birthing centers, and home births all come with benefits and drawbacks; it just ...

Geffrard says Birth Detroit has served 500 families since its inception in 2020. The nonprofit also offers childbirth education classes.

Birth centers have been gaining popularity in the last few years as a delivery location for expectant mothers, according to CNN. CNN reports the national count of birth centers is 313, up 57 percent ...

Home births are on the rise among women who feel dismissed by or skeptical of the medical establishment.

The Connecticut Childbirth & Women’s Center, the only free-standing birthing center in the state since 1997, recently changed hands as national trends show that these types of facilities are growing ...

CARY, N.C. (WTVD) -- The I-Team is looking into how birthing centers and midwives are regulated after a Cary birthing center stopped delivering babies following the deaths of three newborns in the ...