Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We connected with midwives and other birth professionals to help us understand the appeal of free birth—and why its risky. Free ...

I have been reading exposés about the free birth movement for nearly as long as I have been covering women’s health. The movement’s adherents are women who give birth without trained medical ...

If you've heard or come across the term free birth, or unassisted birth, in parenting communities recently, you might be wondering why anyone would want to give birth without any medical support.