The word 'midwife' dates back to Middle English, but the role of midwifery extends to modern day. The term midwife originally referred to a woman who was "with" another woman giving birth, but ...

Midwife-friendly laws and regulations tend to coincide with lower rates of premature births, cesarean deliveries and newborn deaths, according to a U.S.-wide "report card" that ranks each of the 50 ...

Cathy Gordon of Shawnee, far right, gives her daughter-in-law, Emma Gordon, a look at her unborn baby via a sonogram as Emma’s husband, Matt Gordon, and their daughter, Hadley Gordon, gleefully look ...

According to the Department of Health and Human Services, the United States is expected to face a significant shortage of ...

Activists are celebrating the legalization of home-birth midwives this week in Alabama, where Gov. Kay Ivey signed the long-fought-for Childbirth Freedom Act into law on Wednesday night after it ...

Founded in 2009, the Santa Barbara Birth Center provides personalized, midwifery-led care for families through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.

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“Birth is much more than bringing the baby safely to the outside,” said Ronda Perea. “It is a powerful spiritual journey that shapes individuals and empowers women.” Perea’s downtown Santa Barbara ...

A resurgence of traditional midwifery is bringing deliveries back home The post Many Indigenous Mothers Must Travel Hundreds ...

Jessa Duggar’s (now Seewald) new baby boy is only 2 weeks old, and the dust still hasn’t settled from the reality star’s complicated home birth. During baby Spurgeon’s home birth on Nov. 5, Jessa was ...