IT was the middle of the night and 17-year-old Naomi took one last look at her sleeping sister before grabbing her birth ...

Joe Keim left his Old Order Amish community in Ashland, Ohio, when he was a teen. Years later, he found his calling in ...

Houlton Regional Hospital closed its labor and delivery unit on May 2, 2025, in Houlton, Maine, citing a decline in births, ...

Where do million, billion and trillion dollar ideas come from? Do the ideas just linger languidly in the ethers until the right person (or people) tune into the right frequency, at the right moment?

Jaclyn Shaw and her husband moved to a rural town in Northern Indiana, where they welcomed their first child together in 2022 ...

Home births are on the rise among women who feel dismissed by or skeptical of the medical establishment.

Kendra Bates opens up about rediscovering her roots.

“For the grace of God that bringeth salvation to all men. Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously and godly in this present world; looking for that ...

"In an ideal world, an unassisted childbirth wouldn’t have been our first choice, but it turned out to be the best decision ...

Midwives in the region are seeing a surge of interest for their services as more expecting mothers choose to welcome their ...

In this week's PEOPLE cover story, the couple open up about their daughter Everley's arrival on Dec. 29 in a planned home birth In this week's PEOPLE cover story, Derek and Hayley Hough open up about ...

Lovina, an Old Order Amish writer, details a typical day from her 4:30 a.m. start to the evening. Daily activities include household chores, caring for her son Kevin, and preparing meals for her ...