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I nearly died birthing my third baby at home – but still advocate for home births

A woman who almost died during childbirth at home alongside her baby said she has no regrets – and would still advocate for non-hospital births. Mum-of-three Geo James, 32, decided to birth her ...
People

My Wife Gave Birth at Home Without a Midwife. It Taught Us One Important Lesson (Exclusive)

"In an ideal world, an unassisted childbirth wouldn’t have been our first choice, but it turned out to be the best decision we ever made," writes author Malcolm Kempt Malcolm Kempt worked as a ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

More Wisconsin families are choosing to give birth at home or with midwives. Here's why.

Watching the snow fall outside her bedroom window while holding her newborn, as her husband brought her a cheeseburger and an old fashioned, Hope Payton-Carrillo had no doubt that home birth was the ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

New program brings postpartum health care to mothers' homes

CHILDBIRTH AT HOME. BABY DARCY IS ALL SMILES, SNUGGLED IN MOM’S LAP IN THEIR WESTBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS, HOME. HOME IS WHERE MOM EXPERIENCED A HEALING HAND. BE ABLE TO GET HOSPITAL LEVEL CARE, BUT IN ...