They are encouraging their members to lobby the WHO to maintain the status quo even though the the status quo ignores the scientific evidence, is dangerous for babies leading to literally tens of thousands of
newborn hospital readmissions in the US alone, and increases sudden infant deaths in hospitals.
Newborns whose mothers planned a home birth were at similar or reduced risk of fetal and neonatal morbidity compared with newborns whose mothers planned a hospital birth, except for admission to hospital (or readmission if born in hospital), which was more likely compared with newborns whose mothers were in the physician - attended
Newborns whose mothers planned a home birth were at similar or reduced risk of fetal and neonatal morbidity compared with
newborns whose mothers planned a hospital birth, except for admission to hospital (or readmission if born in hospital), which was more likely compared with newborns whose mothers were in the physician - attended
newborns whose mothers planned a
hospital birth, except for admission to
hospital (or
readmission if born in
hospital), which was more likely compared with
newborns whose mothers were in the physician - attended
newborns whose mothers were in the physician - attended cohort.
23 Therefore, the higher rate of admission (or
readmission if a
hospital birth) among
newborns in the planned home - birth group than of
readmission in the planned
hospital - birth group may have been linked to the need for treatment of hyper - bilirubinemia, which, among babies born in
hospital, may require a longer stay in
hospital rather than
readmission.