A very small, but passionate, group of parents are advocates for a type of unassisted birth known as "free birth." Here's why ...
A small but growing number of pregnant women are choosing to give birth without any assistance from a midwife or doctor, trusting instead in influencers’ tales of the “euphoria” of a “free birth”. A ...
Giving birth at home or in the car when you were planning on making it to the hospital or birth center? Totally not the plan – and definitely not common, despite what TV dramas would have you believe.
Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University The death of premature twins in Byron Bay in an apparent “wild birth”, or free birth, ...
In today’s newsletter: A new Guardian podcast, The Birth Keepers, explores how a global network promoting unassisted childbirth has shaped women’s decisions around childbirth. One mother’s story ...