IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.
  • UP NEXT

    'Not designed to protect us': New act calls for women-sized crash test dummies

    04:15
  • Cancer caused by HPV is increasing in some women in the U.S.

    03:23
  • Hundreds of lawsuits allege IVF errors at fertility clinics nationwide

    05:25
  • More older women becoming first-time moms as young pregnancies drop

    04:02
  • Millennial monks from Texas share their perimenopause journey

    02:49
  • Recently fired pregnant federal employees cope with loss of insurance

    02:50
  • Late pregnancy loss is more common in the South, report says

    04:42
  • Trump announces executive order on IVF treatments

    02:01
  • 'Hostile, toxic environment' in anti-abortion states is a threat to healthcare – and doctors

    08:38
  • Naomi Watts talks menopause journey, new book ‘Dare I Say It’

    05:16
  • Abortions rise unexpectedly following the overturning of Roe v. Wade

    02:54
  • 'Dads to Doulas' program teaches men tools to help in birthing process

    02:43
  • Inside America's 'contraceptive deserts'

    04:15
  • Finding birth control becomes harder in some states after overturning of Roe v. Wade

    02:52
  • New parents embrace postnatal retreats for care and recovery

    04:24
  • Dead infant left in Idaho 'Safe Haven Baby Box'

    01:51
  • 'Take our lives seriously': Michelle Obama delivers powerful speech on women's health

    03:31
  • Alabama court decision prompts some to move frozen embryos to other states

    02:41
  • Danielle Fishel of ‘Boy Meets World’ shares her breast cancer surgery story

    05:39
  • Documentary ‘The M Factor’ pushes for conversations around menopause

    03:50

NBC News

‘I wanted a freebirth for my baby, no matter what’: One mother’s story

04:28

First-time mom Judith avoided doctors throughout her pregnancy, wanting to give birth at home — with only her husband and her friend, a doula, at her side. As her pregnancy stretched past 44 weeks, she grew worried. But rather than seeking medical assistance, she turned to the internet, where she found increasingly extreme communities that encouraged her plan to “freebirth” her baby. This is her story..