A small but growing number of pregnant women are choosing to give birth without any assistance from a midwife or doctor, trusting instead in influencers’ tales of the “euphoria” of a “free birth”. A ...

I have been reading exposés about the free birth movement for nearly as long as I have been covering women’s health. The movement’s adherents are women who give birth without trained medical ...

Hannah Dahlen has worked as a private midwife in the past and attended homebirths. Hannah has received funding from the NHMRC to study the safety of place of birth. If you’re looking on social media ...