Tiffani Greenaway, 32, from Brooklyn, N.Y., didn't use an epidural or the labor-inducing synthetic hormone Pitocin for the birth of either of her two sons in 2011 and 2013. Instead, she used a ...

Looking for natural ways to induce labor? Experts say these seven myths about inducing labor at home may not help kick-start the process, but they won't hurt. (Photo: Getty Creative) You're ...

Natural childbirth is a path through labor in which women give birth without epidurals, drugs, or other interventions. It’s not always easy to find a practitioner or a hospital that’s 100 percent ...

A lotus birth involves umbilical nonseverance, which is the practice of keeping the umbilical cord and placenta intact after a baby is born and letting it naturally separate from the baby rather than ...

You're past your due date and desperate to get this baby out of you. You want to be safe, of course, but you've heard enough stories about how people have naturally induced labor at home — "My mom ate ...

Natural childbirth is a term coined by the English healthcare practitioner Grantly Dick-Read, who published a short book treating of labor pain in women in 1933. It is not merely a technique of pain ...

Like many pregnant women preparing for the birth of their first baby, Brianna Quasius, 32, of Chaska, Minnesota, wanted to use natural ways to cope with the pain and avoid a long labor, medical ...

A Seattle stay-at-home mom who sang through labor to deliver her son as her husband played guitar says she hardly experienced pain -- it "felt like a vacation." Brandon Hell / SWNS She wanted to B ...

My 26-hour natural birth was both the least glamorous and most humbling experience of my life. While I wasn't dead set on an epidural-free labor, I wanted to try to birth naturally for as long as I ...

When Casey and Todd Gries learned they were expecting, they knew Casey would likely give birth at TriHealth’s Good Samaritan Hospital. Both Casey and Todd have family members in the medical profession ...

Have you heard of a "natural birth"? The term is being explored in an Instagram video by LOOM, a sexual and reproductive health educational platform co-founded by retired doula Erica Chidi. She says ...