Sentences with phrase «regulated home birth midwives»

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In my area, we have a large plain population that will birth at home regardless, so it's safer to have regulated CNMs with hospital privileges doing it than the underground midwives some would otherwise turn to.

It is also important for women thinking about a planned home birth to consider if they are healthy and considered low - risk and to work with a CNM, certified midwife, or physician who practices in an integrated and regulated health system; have ready access to consultation; and have a plan for safe and quick transportation to a nearby hospital in the event of an emergency.

«Planned home births attended by regulated midwives save our healthcare system money,» said Janssen.

In order to address the issue of safety of home birth in BC, we compared selected outcomes for planned home births attended by regulated midwives with those for planned hospital births attended by midwives and by physicians.

A study large enough to compare perinatal death rates accurately, if the annual rate of home births with regulated midwives in BC were to remain the same as it is today, would require 7 — 8 years of data collection.

Our findings from BC support those of previous reports that suggest that there are no indications of increased risk associated with planned home birth attended by regulated midwives, compared with those attended by either midwives or physicians in hospital.

Birth at home with a regulated midwife in BC was available only to women who enrolled in the HBDP.

BACKGROUND: The choice to give birth at home with a regulated midwife in attendance became available to expectant women in British Columbia in 1998.

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

The choice to give birth at home with a regulated midwife in attendance became available to expectant women in British Columbia in 1998.

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

The problem is home birth midwives are regulated in some states, not recognized in others and there is a real problem getting them prosecuted in any state.