Free birthing' describes the intentional choice to give birth without a registered healthcare professional present ...

Madera lacks a maternity ward and Planned Parenthood, forcing travel to Fresno. Home births rose after 2023 reopening; midwives handle low-risk cases. Cost and lack of insurers drive unassisted births ...

She had a bad experience with her first birth, in a hospital, and her second birth, which was with a midwife at home. A midwife also assisted with the third, but this woman had half of her own 10 ...