A woman's home birth took an unexpected turn when she discovered her dog, Penny, had been a silent witness to the entire ...

Nichol Gerber told Newsweek that Penny has been "in tune" with her throughout her pregnancy but what happened was still a ...

Laura Shanley not only had her four children at home, but she birthed ... this -- that labor and delivery present potential hazards to mother and fetus before and after birth.

Birdsall is among a growing population of women who are foregoing the traditional labor and delivery ... at New Birth Wellness Center in Chaska. "In my head I thought Amish people had home births ...

Jade Harrison, from Ripon in North Yorkshire, England, originally planned to have a home ... us in the delivery room. I fainted and the emergency bell was pressed. I was fine, gave birth an ...

Delivery using acupuncture ... He even told me that birth at home would be possible, after watching videos on YouTube,” said Deepika. Nayas, a sound system technician from Poonthura, started ...

Approximately 1% of American women give birth at home and face substantial obstacles when they make this choice. This study describes the reasons that women in the United States choose home birth.