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Home births are on the rise. Here's why.
Women share why they chose an at-home birth, and experts explain what to consider before having one.
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A doula speaks out on the injustice of Black maternal mortality rates: 'The system was never really set up to support us'
Black women experience maternal mortality at a rate three times higher than white women. Chanel Porchia-Albert is a doula on a mission to empower Black birthing people to advocate for themselves.
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Birth activists speak out following 2nd arrest in midwife case: 'Modern-day witch hunt'
Another birth assistant has been arrested on similar counts, prompting both women, and a lineup of supportive birth activists, to hold a virtual press conference this week about the region’s maternal-healthcare crisis.
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Midwife's arrest shines light on rural America's home-birth 'crisis'
By her own estimate, Elizabeth Catlin has attended more than 500 births — for a community of Mennonite women in upstate New York, who are uncertain how they will deliver their babies without her.
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Dedicated Midwife Leaves Hair Appointment With Foils in to Deliver Baby
There's not much that can stand between a beauty fan and her next hair color appointment. But for Kentucky-based nurse and midwife Carrie Hall, one thing stopped her mid-highlight: A mom in labor.