Before Ivey Cross was ever expecting, she was glued to TikTok videos of women describing their experiences of giving birth at home. Twenty-five weeks into her own pregnancy, she decided to do so ...

Having your baby at home is no more risky than having her in the hospital, according to a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The study reviewed records of more than 12,000 ...

CORVALLIS, Oregon — In the largest national study of its kind, Oregon State University researchers found that low-risk, planned home births are as safe as planned births at accredited birth centers.

A recent study led by Ph.D. in Epidemiology candidate Marion Granger Howard and published in JAMA Pediatrics (the highest-ranked journal in the field) compared the health outcomes of planned hospital ...