Home Birth

On this West Virginia Morning, a new documentary film is exploring why some Appalachian women are choosing home childbirth. Also, in this show, as COVID-19 cases continue to rise, state officials say the pandemic is nowhere near over.

Patricia Harman is the author of the bestselling novel The Midwife of Hope River. We last heard from her during our April, 2016 Inside Appalachia episode…

In a tiny basement living room in southwestern Virginia, two women and their husbands listen to Joanna Davis talk about what might go wrong during their…