Citizens for Midwifery has developed an article to help families understand what the research does - and doesn't - tell
us about home birth safety and health benefits for women and their infants.
Not exact matches
However, they sometimes draw different conclusions
about the
safety of
home,
birth center or hospital
birth, even when they read the same studies.
Inspired by a discussion amongst the writers on Eco Child's Play
about our
births and the
safety of
home births in particular, we decided to share our labor experiences with our readers.
As it has been shown that conducting a randomised controlled trial is not possible, the best evidence
about the
safety of
home birth can only come from good quality, routine registrations such as the one we used in our study.
If anyone has a question
about the «
safety» of a
home birth and if it is for you - watch «The Business Of Being Born» and «Orgasmic Birth» both out on
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That book is full of misinformation, for example he cites the Johnson & Daviss study saying «any remaing doubts
about the
safety of
home birth were conclusively erased» by said study — which isn't even remotely true (the
home birth data from that study actually shows that neonatal mortality is 3 TIMES higher at
home):
Don't make ignorant statements
about my luck when you haven't even looked into the
safety of
home birth yourself.
Out - of - hospital
birth: Is this practitioner familiar, on board, and / or educated
about the option and
safety of
birth center or
home birth?
But what it brings up for me that I think is really good
about the coverage is that it brings out a lot of issues that need to be addressed around
birth and choices and training of providers and
safety of
home birth and the
safety of hospital
birth.
Eat - Sleep - Love's services include breastfeeding education, greenproofing (educating
about eco-friendly pregnancy,
birth and
home environment options), maternity and newborn sleep hygiene education (including safe co-sleeping practices), babywearing education,
safety awareness, education regarding stages of pregnancy,
birth options information and referral, referrals to childbirth education classes, nursery planning support, child proofing information and referral, registry information and support, post-partum and return to work plans (including referrals for postpartum care and support), transition resources for those who plan to stay
home, and more!
Services may include: breastfeeding education and support, maternity and newborn sleep hygiene education (including safe co-sleeping practices),
birth options information and referral, greenproofing (educating
about eco-friendly pregnancy,
birth and
home environment options), baby wearing information, cloth diapering information,
safety awareness, education regarding stages of pregnancy, referrals to childbirth education classes, nursery set up support, child proofing information and referral, registry information and support, baby shower planning, bed rest plans, post-partum and return to work plans (including referrals for postpartum care and support), transition resources for those who plan to stay
home, pregnancy and newborn photography referrals, and more!
Asked
about safety concerns of her planned
home birth, Surette - Nelson explains: «Because this was my second uncomplicated pregnancy, my familiarity with the labouring and birthing process left me with few major concerns
about the
safety of a
home birth.»
Home birth is uncommon in the United Kingdom and uncertainty exists about its safety.1 2 Almost all mortality figures available nationally1 provide merely a single global figure for planned and unplanned home births, though the constituent rates differ greatly.3 The only recent figures for planned home birth in England and Wales relating to 19794 and 19935 provide an inaccurately low estimate of risk because it was not possible to account for those mothers who originally booked to have a home delivery but ended up delivering in hospi
Home birth is uncommon in the United Kingdom and uncertainty exists
about its
safety.1 2 Almost all mortality figures available nationally1 provide merely a single global figure for planned and unplanned
home births, though the constituent rates differ greatly.3 The only recent figures for planned home birth in England and Wales relating to 19794 and 19935 provide an inaccurately low estimate of risk because it was not possible to account for those mothers who originally booked to have a home delivery but ended up delivering in hospi
home births, though the constituent rates differ greatly.3 The only recent figures for planned
home birth in England and Wales relating to 19794 and 19935 provide an inaccurately low estimate of risk because it was not possible to account for those mothers who originally booked to have a home delivery but ended up delivering in hospi
home birth in England and Wales relating to 19794 and 19935 provide an inaccurately low estimate of risk because it was not possible to account for those mothers who originally booked to have a
home delivery but ended up delivering in hospi
home delivery but ended up delivering in hospital.
The authors concluded that the findings of this study provided the first national evaluation of a significant proportion of women choosing publicly funded
home birth in Australia; however, the sample size did not have sufficient power to draw a conclusion
about safety.
They documented that the persistently high rates of emergency transport undermines patient
safety and satisfaction, the raison d'etre of planned
home birth, and that a comprehensive analysis undermines claims
about the cost - effectiveness of planned
home birth.
No strong evidence
about the benefits and
safety of planned
home birth compared to planned hospital
birth for low - risk pregnant women.
Therefore, this study makes a novel and valuable contribution to what was previously known
about the
safety of
home birth.
The results of this study, and those of its companion article
about the development of the MANA Stats registry, confirm the
safety and overwhelmingly positive health benefits for low - risk mothers and babies who choose to
birth at
home with a midwife.
The debate
about the
safety of
home births continues in the literature, professional policy and practice.
Here is a full article
about Giving
birth in water where you can find the research
about water
births, benefits and risks, supplies needed if you have water
birth at
home,
safety tips and common questions.
Unfortunately, child protective services authorities in Illinois disagree
about the
safety of
home births, as this
birth also involved a breech presentation.
About six months after the
birth of our first child in 1997, I set out to childproof my
home and did what every parent does — head for the local retail store to purchase child
safety devices.
Women are continuing to choose
home birth, says Grunebaum (who was himself delivered by a midwife), because, «they are misled with misinformation
about its
safety.»
Here is a full article
about Giving
birth in water where you can find the research
about water
births, benefits and risks, supplies needed if you have water
birth at
home,
safety tips and common questions.
In addition, the summary you provided
about the
safety of
home birth was very helpful and valuable.