ST. PAUL - Thirty-six-year-old Sarah Biermeier doesn't fit the midwife stereotype. "I'm not a hippie with a long, flowing dress and Birkenstocks waving my smudge stick around," she says with a laugh.

There are many options for giving birth — using an epidural, going unmedicated, hiring a doula or midwife, or delivering in a ...

Oct. 29—Midwives empower a family during the arrival of a baby, allowing the mother to give birth in the comfort of her own home, and the trip to a hospital during labor is avoided. For Hilary Goodner ...

Kay Kay Lineweaver’s first birthing experience in 2021 didn’t go as planned. Her baby was breech and the doctor wouldn’t allow her to try to give birth vaginally, so she ended up with an unwanted ...

This blog discusses events in Call the Midwife Season 13 Episode 7. The opinions expressed in this blog post are solely those of the author. I loved the beginning of the episode where we see the ...

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 ...