Sentences with phrase «safety of homebirth»

The fact that some babies die in hospitals tells us nothing about the relative safety of homebirth and hospital birth.

Prown speaks widely and often about the purported safety of homebirth with a CPM.

What this means is that, in statistical terms, looking at the cited data above in isolation, it isn't reasonable to draw a conclusion about the relative safety of homebirths vs hospital births.

Safety of Homebirth ~ A Study from the Netherlands.

Since the 1970s, research done in northern California, Arizona, England and Tennessee all point to the relative safety of homebirth.

Fortunately, there's growing awareness around the safety of homebirths and the value of hiring a doula.

The study is underpowered to detect a difference in maternal mortality between home and hospital, therefore, no conclusion can be drawn about the safety of homebirth.

Simply put, the death rate was not zero and until the difference (if any) between maternal deaths at home and in the hospital is determined, we can not draw any conclusions about the safety of homebirth for Dutch mothers.

The authors stress however, that the safety of homebirth is dependent on maternity care systems that support this choice and attendance by well - trained midwives who assess the appropriateness of a home birth and through a rapid transportation and an integrated referral system.

This study does NOT support the safety of homebirth with an American homebirth midwife (CPM).

And for every arguement she makes she ignores the truth of all studies supporting the safety of homebirth and simply tries to slander the midwife.

We're not going to find a million different studies because why would doctors want to pay for studies supporting the safety of homebirth, that won't make them more money!!

Homebirth as an option is raised often enough at lay lead peer to peer breastfeeding support groups and when the general media touts the safety of Homebirth i am left shaking my head in disbelief.

His was due to my stupidity in believing in the safety of homebirth, that emergencies can be foreseen, that my midwife was trained and experienced in recognizing potential emergencies, and that our bodies don't grow babies too big for us to birth... 6 years of hard work, surgeries, and therapies and wow, was I wrong.

So I have a public question for Katie Prown, who was instrumental in gaining licensure for CPMs in Wisconsin, and who insisted that licensure would ensure the safety of homebirth in Wisconsin:

If she doesn't know enough to debate the safety of homebirth, how does she know enough to proclaim the safety of homebirth?

How can you tout the safety of homebirth when the statistics from your own state show that homebirth increases the risk of neonatal death?

No one knows enough to defend the safety of homebirth if they're not allowed to hide the truth.

She knows enough to proclaim the safety of homebirth when she can ignore the existing scientific evidence and national data.

I just think that the moment there is an uncomfortable finding re the safety of homebirth the immediate response is «but women have the right to choose....».

She obviously thinks she know enough science to write a book promoting the safety of homebirth, run a website promoting the safety of homebirth, write articles in magazines and on websites like The Daily Beast promoting the safety of homebirth, but she doesn't think you know enough to debate the scientific evidence about the safety of homebirth?

-- Birth 24:3 / 1997 More Links to studies on the safety of homebirth:

I have repeatedly challenged Jennifer Block to publicly debate the safety of homebirth (Jennifer Block: How about a debate?).

The data was collected ostensibly to prove the safety of homebirth, but once the data was analyzed, MANA decided to hide the results... or at least the bad results.

I think the safety of a homebirth depends greatly on the country you're in.

Blix and colleagues (2014) stated that there is concern about the safety of homebirths, especially in women transferred to hospital during or after labor.

It is being presented as evidence for the safety of homebirths.

You came here and started making the claims about the safety of homebirth and the mortality statistics surrounding birth, so the burden of evidence for those claims lie at your feet, not ours.

Anyway, that experience led me to go back and really look at the safety of homebirth and waterbirth.

I suggest you look up a thorough debunking og what MANA posted are studies that «prove» safety of homebirth on Honest Midwife's blog — she is a former CPM who analyzed these studies and claims about them as part of her research paper.

I have no compunction about describing her as a dangerous woman who has killed babies and lied to their parents both about the safety of homebirth and her competence to manage complications in order to bolster her ego and her bank balance.

Therefore, it is more than a bit ironic that the Midwives Alliance of North America refuses to make public its own statistics on the safety of homebirth with a certified professional midwife (CPM).