Women are documenting on TikTok what it's like to give birth without any medical assistance. Health experts say the fringe practice is extremely dangerous.

TikTok users are sharing their free-birth experiences. Doctors say giving birth without any medical assistance can be very dangerous.
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Women Who Gave Birth While Wearing Face Masks Are Speaking Out On Social Media

Ask any mother: Nothing about childbirth is easy. But now, in the time of the coronavirus pandemic, labor and delivery has become even more difficult. Women are now giving birth with masks on, and in ...
Aclu.org

No One Should be Forced to Give Birth Alone in a Jail Cell

At 3 a.m., inside her solitary jail cell in Broward County, Florida, Tammy Jackson began having contractions. It took hours for corrections officers to reach a doctor, who said he’d check on Jackson ...
WFMZ-TV

Study finds familiar faces make childbirth less traumatic

Familiar faces make childbirth less traumatic for moms, according to new research. The presence of relatives or friends lowers stress levels for new mothers, say American scientists. Most animals - ...
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Beaufort Memorial Hospital faces federal citations after woman gives birth in parking lot

Beaufort Memorial Hospital is making changes to its emergency care procedures after a federal review found the hospital ...
The Press of Atlantic City

Women giving birth at home without the use of midwives

ASHLAND, Ore. - When Jennifer Margulis went into labor with her fourth child, she sent her husband off to take the kids to school, then waited at home for her body to do what she felt confident it had ...
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'Second birth helped me move on from my Covid trauma'

Both of Stacie Buchan's children were born via C-section but their birth stories couldn't be more different. The mother-of-two from Peterhead gave birth to her daughter Ivy in May 2020, right in the ...