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 ...

The report found births declined 2% in the first half of 2021 compared to 2020. The number of births declined in the U.S. in 2021 and the COVID-19 pandemic played a role, according to a new report ...

Home births represent just 1.4 percent of the more than 3.6 million babies born in the United States, according to 2021 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

There were more than 50,000 home births in the United States in 2021, an increase of 12% over the year before and the highest level since at least 1990, according to a report released Thursday from ...

Erik Kaufman, The Daily Republic, Mitchell, S.D. Jan. 3—MITCHELL — Avera Queen of Peace Hospital saw a slight dip in childbirths in 2021, but nearly 500 babies still arrived in this world in Mitchell ...