From start (when to conceive) to finish (how to deliver), pregnancy is full of personal choices. No matter how you deliver — unmedicated, with an epidural, via an induction, or by C-section — you ...

With each contraction, Maria Ibarra’s plan to deliver her daughter in her Ohio living room seemed less likely. The baby’s heart rate was slowing, her midwife said. They needed to go to the hospital ...

Amid a rise in home births, mistrust between midwives and hospitals can put mothers and babies at risk. With each contraction, Maria Ibarra’s plan to deliver her daughter in her Ohio living room ...