As Dr. Marsden writes, women are “important and valuable” human beings, not machines, and not containers for making babies (Marsden 2001). Women are the ones...

I’d like to start this piece by first saying, cesarean sections absolutely have their place and have saved lives of both mothers and infants. The problem lie...

"Wherever you feel the most safe and supported, is exactly where you should give birth." -Genevieve Howland, Mama Natural Why is it that as a country, the va...

Assuming the route chosen is one with a homebirth midwife, and not the “freebirth” route, a mother's care begins much the same way as it would with an OBGYN....

Each state reports deaths of mothers that occur within 1 year of delivery to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as part of the ongoing Pregnancy ...