Two women share how they overcame their fear of hospitals and now help others do the same.

Opinion editor’s note: Editorials represent the opinions of the Star Tribune Editorial Board, which operates independently from the newsroom. More than 8% of Minnesota babies are born to women living ...

Beaumont Birth Center owner and operator Jackie Griggs knew when she was just 12 years old that she wanted become a midwife when she grew up. She'd just spent the summer at a farm in the Panhandle ...

BENTIU, South Sudan (AP) — Elizabeth Nyachiew was 16 when she watched her neighbor bleed to death during childbirth. She vowed to become a midwife to spare others from the same fate in South Sudan, a ...

The word 'midwife' dates back to Middle English, but the role of midwifery extends to modern day. The term midwife originally referred to a woman who was "with" another woman giving birth, but ...

It’s a labor of love. Midwives have been caring for women for centuries — the roots of this work can be traced to the beginning of humanity. About 14,000 midwives now practice in the US. These ...