Sentences with phrase «against planned home birth»

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists cautions against a planned home birth if:

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A major study published in the UK (Birthplace in England Collaborative Group, 2011) has examined the risks of planned home births, comparing them against planned deliveries in hospitals and midwife units for low risk women.

The aim of this study is to compare the odds of postpartum haemorrhage among women who opt for home birth against the odds of postpartum haemorrhage for those who plan a hospital birth.

Ideally — and particularly when offset against virtually 100 % hospital births in the rest of Europe — better evidence is needed before generalisations are made on the merits of planned home birth.

Given the study's findings, Amos Grunebaum, M.D. and Frank Chervenak, M.D., the main authors of the study, said that obstetric practitioners have an ethical obligation to disclose the increased absolute and relative risks associated with planned home birth to expectant parents who express an interest in this delivery setting, and to recommend strongly against it.

The authors» main argument against the proven cost - effectiveness of planned home birth is that «the lifetime costs of supporting the neurologically disabled children who will result from planned home birth» have not been factored in, nor have the supposedly increased rates of death.