Screenshot courtesy of National Geographic | Exhausted after giving birth to her daughter, Suzette, Kim Bonsignore lies in the birthing pool in her living room. Bonsignore decided to have her second child at home so she could share the experience with her family, who would not have been able to visit her in the hospital during the coronavirus pandemic. Photograph by Jackie Molloy, Nat Geo Image Collection
Home births are rising in the U.S. — especially for Black women. Here’s why.
Growing dissatisfaction with hospital birthing processes and its mistreatment of women are causing a small but growing number to choose home births instead.
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