Birth centers usually have kitchens where you can store or prepare food, too, and some also have large whirlpool tubs. And ...

The biggest concern about giving birth at home is what happens if something goes wrong, according to Talitha Phillips, a labor and postpartum doula and CEO of health nonprofit Claris Health.

After her first home birth in the United States, Jiezhen Wu delivered her second child at her parents’ home in Singapore – ...

During the last 30 years it has become the norm to give birth in hospital, surrounded by hi-tech equipment, specialist doctors and operating theatre lists for elective Caesarean sections.

Your insurance company might pay for some of the cost or decline your coverage entirely. Having a home birth can be cheaper, but you may end up with higher out-of-pocket costs compared to a hospital ...

Many Indigenous families around the world say hospital staff often don’t understand their cultures or even give them basic ...