Warning Issued Over Free Births as Parents Ignore Risks

Warning issued over 'free births' as parents choose to do it despite risks

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

Tyla

By Rhianna Benson

After a trend saw women give birth without any qualified medical support, experts have weighed in on the dangers of hopping on the popular method.

Known as ‘free births’, the process describes giving birth to a baby, usually at home, with very minimal or no medical intervention.

More specifically, experts at Birthrights refer to these unassisted births as being when a person decides ‘to give birth at home or somewhere else without the attendance of a maternity healthcare professional such as a midwife’…