Sentences with phrase «of planned hospital births»

Including these women among hospital births would bias the results of planned hospital births negatively and home births positively.

Using this tool we compared the outcomes of planned home births with those of planned hospital births for primiparous and multiparous women after controlling for the confounding effects of social, medical, and obstetric background.

Conclusions: The outcome of planned home births is at least as good as that of planned hospital births in women at low risk receiving midwifery care in the Netherlands.

METHODS: We compared the outcomes of 862 planned home births attended by midwives with those of planned hospital births attended by either midwives (n = 571) or physicians (n = 743).

We compared the outcomes of 862 planned home births attended by midwives with those of planned hospital births attended by either midwives (n = 571) or physicians (n = 743).

RESULTS: The rate of perinatal death per 1000 births was 0.35 (95 % confidence interval [CI] 0.00 - 1.03) in the group of planned home births; the rate in the group of planned hospital births was 0.57 (95 % CI 0.00 - 1.43) among women attended by a midwife and 0.64 (95 % CI 0.00 - 1.56) among those attended by a physician.

The rate of perinatal death per 1000 births was 0.35 (95 % confidence interval [CI] 0.00 - 1.03) in the group of planned home births; the rate in the group of planned hospital births was 0.57 (95 % CI 0.00 - 1.43) among women attended by a midwife and 0.64 (95 % CI 0.00 - 1.56) among those attended by a physician.

Results: The rate of perinatal death per 1000 births was 0.35 (95 % confidence interval [CI] 0.00 — 1.03) in the group of planned home births; the rate in the group of planned hospital births was 0.57 (95 % CI 0.00 — 1.43) among women attended by a midwife and 0.64 (95 % CI 0.00 — 1.56) among those attended by a physician.

We had 2 comparison groups of planned hospital births.

We compared them with the outcomes of all planned hospital births that met the criteria for home birth and were attended by the same cohort of midwives.

We compared the outcomes of planned home births attended by midwives with those of planned hospital births attended by midwives or physicians.

«Kenneth C Johnson and Betty - Anne Daviss's Outcomes of planned home births with certified professional midwives: large prospective study in North America, BMJ 2005; 330:1416 (18 June), found that the outcomes of planned homebirths for low risk mothers were the same as the outcomes of planned hospital births for low risk mothers, with a significantly lower incident of interventions in the homebirth group.»

In yet another example of a strikingly robust finding, planned homebirth in NZ had more than triple the neonatal death rate of planned hospital birth.

Her quantitative research includes co-authoring a Cochrane meta - analysis of planned hospital birth versus planned home birth (2012).

Benefits and harms of planned hospital birth compared with planned home birth for low ‐ risk pregnant women.

It could be argued that unplanned home births are similar to planned home births which were transferred to hospital during labour (because birth did not take place in the intended location), and that not getting to hospital in time is a risk of planning a hospital birth, and for this reason we have run the analysis both with and without unplanned home births (see «results» section).

When that data is pooled with the data from Ontario (also 4 yr midwifery degree, hospital priv for RMs and smooth transfer) perinatal mortality with planned homebirth was 2 - 3x that of planned hospital birth.

In much the same way as the location of a planned hospital birth is subject to the availability of beds, we can not guarantee that a birth room will be available.

Benefits and harms of planned hospital birth compared with planned home birth for low - risk pregnant women

Our research has shown that, for women with low risk pregnancies in the Netherlands, choosing to give birth at home is a safe choice with an outcome that is at least as good as that of planned hospital birth.

Not exact matches

With that said, I will say, having worked labor and delivery at a county hospital, you honestly don't have time to read the birth plans of all the patients you are taking care of.

And so I learned that the hospital is not an evil place (though choose your hospital wisely if youâ $ ™ re planning to birth there), that I am stronger than I thought (I sort of want to cross-stitch â $ œ12 hours on pit with not pain medsâ $ into a pillow), and that even though it can sometimes appear as though they are, medical professionals are NOT the enemy (butâ $ ¦ do your research!

By now you may have gathered that instead of choosing to have an OB - attended hospital birth this time around, we are planning to have a midwife - attended homebirth.

Practice Guidelines for California Licensed Midwives Best Practice Guidelines: Transfer from Planned Home Birth to Hospital Citizens for Midwifery Home Birth Facts Canadian Medical Association Journal: Outcomes of Planned Home Birth Solace for Mothers: Informed Consent Questions to Consider when Interviewing a Doctor or Midwife

«Maternal and newborn outcomes in planned home birth vs planned hospital births: a metaanalysis» by Joseph R. Wax, MD; F. Lee Lucas, PhD; Maryanne Lamont, MLS; Michael G. Pinette, MD; Angelina Cartin; and Jacquelyn Blackstone, DO, appeared in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Volume 203, Issue 3 (September 2010) published by Elsevier.

Last Summer, ACOG «leaked» data from a study to be published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology stating that planned home births carried a 2 - 3 fold increase in neonatal death compared with hospital births.

In addition to getting to know each other over the course of the mom's pregnancy — learning about her hopes, fears, and wants for her birth experience — home birthing moms also have birth plans to clarify things like which post-birth procedures the family does and doesn't want (like vitamin K shot, eye ointment, etc.), and preferred hospitals and care providers to call in case of transfer.

She also has a great understanding of women who planned to birth at home and were transferred to the hospital, as well as attachment parenting issues.

One more thought Penny... wouldn't it be ideal if a mother planning the birth of a breech baby could opt for hospital TOL with her midwife?

Even though most of our clients do not need to go to the hospital, we recommend all of our clients have a transport birth plan.

Supports women experiencing symptoms of depression or anxiety after a traumatic birth experience, including early and late miscarriages, still birth, newborn illness, NICU, hospital transfer during planned homebirth, inadequate pain relief, unplanned medical intervention, birth plan not being honored, c - section, infant resuscitation, placental abruption, or general anesthesia during birth.

Although tragic, cord prolapse and AFE occur rarely at homebirth, 1/5000 and 1/500, 000 respectively, when balanced with the dozens of acute emergency conditions endangering the health of mother and baby that occur at planned hospital birth caused by intervening in the birth process, the scales tip easily in favor of planned attended homebirth for low risk women.

Rates of acute emergencies for low risk births at planned attended homebirth vs planned hospital birth:

Simply: If hospital birth were useful, the data would support it, but all homebirth studies (1 - 20), show better outcomes of low risk women at planned attended homebirth.

Outcomes of planned home births versus planned hospital births after regulation of midwifery in British Columbia.

Another lengthy scan with very little discussion between the technician and us, again our worrying about our being steamrolled into a management plan without through evaluation of the risks and benefits, or being essentially pushed into a hospital birth because it would be best for the baby but also mean that I would not have the option of birthing vaginally was all a little more than my tear ducts could bear.

I've experienced a planned hospital birth, a planned homebirth that ended with an induced hospital birth (and a month - early preemie) because of pre-eclampsia, and two homebirths.

Planned attended homebirth outshines hospital birth for low risk women in every category of acute emergency.

As your best guarantee of having a normal vaginal birth once you're in the hospital, we suggest that you plan in advance to have helpers — mate, doula, and perhaps a monitrice (your personal ob nurse)-- with you.

I appreciate that the AAP states that pediatricians should share with each woman planning a homebirth that some families require transfer to the hospital due to complications and this should be viewed «not as a failure of the home birth but rather as a success of the system» (AAP, 2013, p 1017, para 3).

Authors Wax, Lucas, Lamont, Pinette, Cartin & Blackstone sought to systematically review the medical literature on the maternal and newborn safety of planned home verses planned hospital birth, a level IV rating on the Hierarchy of Evidence.

Perinatal mortality rates for hospital births of low risk women are similar to outcomes of planned homebirth in general, but the maternal morbidity at planned hospital births is much higher.

Specifically, they should be informed that although the absolute risk may be low, planned home birth is associated with a twofold to threefold increased risk of neonatal death when compared with planned hospital birth» (ACOG, 2011).

Homebirth and midwifery advocates point with pride to a recent study that showed that homebirth with a midwife in the Netherlands is as safe as hospital birth with a midwife (Perinatal mortality and morbidity in a nationwide cohort of 529 688 low - risk planned home and hospital births).

while being coerced to push even though I wanted to breath the babies down, I didn't get to see them at all for 15 hours after they were born because the hospital staff didn't get their act together, not because it was medically necessary, etc., so much so that the head of OB (my office doc) later admitted they had me on suicide watch because what happened was so different than my birth plan... I wasn't stuck on exact details, especially because twins throw a loop in all of it, but it was nothing like I had hoped for, at all.

The coroner has concluded Midwives should not attend HBs alone, the emergency services should be notified and given prior warning when a HB occurs, and «that the distance of a home birth from the local maternity hospital should be factored in whenever home deliveries are planned.»

This is because the vast majority of stillbirths delivered in the hospital are known to be antepartum and not intrapartum.29, 30, 31 On the other hand, in out - of - hospital settings, most antepartum deaths in planned home births would be transferred to the hospital.

«While most pregnant women who choose to have planned home births are at lower risk of complications due to careful screening, planned home births are associated with double to triple the risk of infant death than are planned hospital births.

We might also find a number of babies who had lethal congenital anomalies, who would not have survived no matter where they were born or who attended the birth; there may be important differences between home and hospital populations with regard to whether these anomalies were detected prenatally and whether parents changed their birth plans because of it.

I had a client who was planning a home birth but it turned course leading to a transfer to the hospital and a cesarean birth, two opposite ends of the birthing spectrum.