Sentences with phrase «home under the care of midwives»

Having experienced both a hospital, c - section birth and a natural birth at home, I've got full appreciation for both the advances of western medicine that can intervene with childbirth when it's necessary and the empowering, spiritual nature of having your child at home under the care of midwives.

«Any birth at home under the care of midwives was unsafe and should not be supported by governments (quote article 2).

Not exact matches

And more importantly, rather than just comparing home vs hospital overall, it compared midwife - led vs OB - led births at home vs hospital (as you should well know, in the Netherlands, low - risk women see a midwife, full stop — you have to be high - risk to see an OB, so hospital births are a combination of low - risk women under midwife care and high - risk women under OB care).

All of my friends who were under the care of a midwife for their pregnancies and births had their babies at home.

Her clients enjoy holistic, modern prenatal care, home birth under the care of two licensed midwives, in home postpartum visits, breastfeeding support, and complete newborn care.

Typically, the most likely place to receive the Midwives Model of Care is in your home or a free - standing birth center, because usually it is difficult for caregivers to give the woman - centered, individualized Midwives Model of Care under the rules and standard practices of today's hospitals.

A landmark study published in the British Medical Journal in 2005 found that natural birth at home, under the care of certified practicing midwives, is safe for low - risk mothers and their babies.

In fact, the largest and most rigorous study of home birth internationally to date found that among 5,000 healthy, «low - risk» women, babies were born just as safely at home under a midwife's care as in the hospital.

INTERPRETATION: There was no increased maternal or neonatal risk associated with planned home birth under the care of a regulated midwife.

There was no increased maternal or neonatal risk associated with planned home birth under the care of a regulated midwife.

In the Dutch maternity care system midwives are qualified to provide independent care for women with uncomplicated pregnancies.1 2 They also identify and select the women who, because of existing or anticipated problems, require care from an obstetrician.1 3 Twenty five years ago, women receiving primary care all gave birth at home, but since the 1970s they have been able to choose between home birth and hospital birth under the care of a midwife or general practitioner.

Several studies [13 — 19] have found reduced obstetric interventions and optimal outcomes among healthy women who planned to give birth at home or a birth centre under the care of midwives.