Home births make up 1.5% of deliveries nationwide. In the eight states where they were most common in 2024 — Hawai‘i, Idaho, ...

ST. PAUL - Thirty-six-year-old Sarah Biermeier doesn't fit the midwife stereotype. "I'm not a hippie with a long, flowing dress and Birkenstocks waving my smudge stick around," she says with a laugh.

In the state of Washington, a planned home birth with a licensed midwife is just as safe as a birth at a licensed birth center. Researchers arrived at this conclusion after analyzing outcomes of more ...

Throughout the pandemic, Chrissy Owens and Ildiko Baugus have seen an increase in interest for the work they do. The women, both certified midwives, co-own EVa Home Birth. Their practice, with ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a unique set of emotionally distressing challenges for pregnant women. From concerns about their health and that of their baby, to the prospect of having to go into ...

Having a baby at a hospital versus at home is always a case by case basis and one that involves not only the health of the baby but the mom as well. Both options offer different resources and medical ...

In normal times, My Mindful Birth, a home birth midwifery practice in Naperville, received one or two inquiries a day from expectant mothers. But when news of the COVID-19 pandemic first broke, the ...

When the World Health Organization declared in May 2019 that 2020 would be the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, the Upstate's midwives didn't think part of their recognition would come in the form ...

This blog discusses events in Call the Midwife Season 13 Episode 7. The opinions expressed in this blog post are solely those of the author. I loved the beginning of the episode where we see the ...

Despite living on a commune in rural Tennessee, Ina May Gaskin has had the kind of career success most people only dream about. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

Nine newly licensed midwives delivered 98 babies in 26 Alabama counties last year, according to data compiled this month by the Alabama Midwives Alliance (ALMA), a group representing professional ...