Sentences with phrase «home birth safety»

Despite the publication of statements and commentaries querying the reliability of the findings, [2 - 6] this faulty study now forms the evidentiary basis for an American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee Opinion, [7] meaning that its results are being presented to expectant parents as the state - of - the - art in home birth safety research.

The two U.S. studies included, Mehl (1977 in Wisconsin) and Durand (1992 in Tennessee), are not only small (sample sizes equal to or less than 1707) and one could argue outdated, but they also are not included in MANA's list of «best evidence» for home birth safety.

That information was not available when I was evaluating home birth safety, but this number has been coming up over and over in more recent studies and I think it is very difficult to rationalize away.

There are other countries with systems more or less similar to Canada's (the UK, the Netherlands) who also have better home birth safety than the U.S.

Johnson & Daviss: Letter C under section III of the list of studies that the Midwives Alliance of North America deems the very best in proving home birth safety is titled, «Outcomes of planned home birth with certified professional midwives.»

There are also several stories of positive birth in a variety of circumstances, including hospital, twins, induction, «high risk» and more, plus thoughts and advice from professionals on everything from home birth safety to your rights in the birth room.

In reality, these researchers studied 5 min Apgar scores of zero, NOT stillbirth and that information was pulled from birth certificate records which are proven by birth certificate scholars and epidemiologists to be unreliable for studying home birth safety.

It is the author's argument however, in a response to the editor of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, that «most home births in the United States are performed by direct entry and lay midwives who are unlicensed, unregulated, or legally banned in almost half of all states» so utilizing data in which the attendant is unidentified or competency is undocumented is necessary to draw conclusions about home birth safety.

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.