Birdsall is among a growing population of women who are foregoing the traditional labor and delivery unit in a hospital and are instead giving birth in centers run by midwives. Birdsall's youngest ...

The expectant mother contemplated an unassisted birth. “She was considering that because she felt that that was safer than the hospital,” O’Hare said. “When she actually met (midwife ...

Osaka University Hospital. In February this year, hospital management decided it needed to suspend epidurals for women during childbirth, with some exceptions. Its limited roster of ...