Home birth

EACH OF THESE PEOPLE HAS SOMETHING IN COMMON:

Oct 22 2007

JULIUS CAESAR
JESUS CHRIST
ST. JAMES
ST. PAUL
MOHAMMED
LIEF ERICSSON
THOMAS AQUINAS
ROGER BACON
MARCO POLO
CHAUCER
GUTENBERG
LEONARDO DI VINCI
MICHELANGELO
RAPHAEL
MARTIN LUTHER
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

 

Outcomes of planned home births with certified professional midwives: large prospective study in North America

Jun 5 2007

Kenneth C Johnson, senior epidemiologist, Betty-Anne Daviss, project manager

Surveillance and Risk Assessment Division, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, PL 6702A, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A OK9,

Safe Motherhood/Newborn Initiative, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ottawa, Canada

Objective
To evaluate the safety of home births in North America involving direct entry midwives, in jurisdictions where the practice is not well integrated into the hea

 

Homebirth - A few words about safety

Jun 5 2007

While we clearly feel it is not our place to ‘’sell’’ anyone on the idea of homebirth, some insights into our cultural programming about birth may help you to sort out your feelings and facilitate your decision-making process. Furthermore, we strongly feel that safety is not the issue( if it were there would be no argument: statistics repeatedly demonstrate that homebirth is safer than hospital). Rather we feel it is an issue of assuming personal responsibility for your choice.

 

Home Birth: What are the Issues?

Jun 5 2007

Sara Wickham

A version of this article was originally published in Midwifery Today, No 50, Summer 1999, pp 16-18.

There is no shortage of evidence to support the fact that home birth is safe, satisfying and empowering for women and their families. It is also a much-neglected option for childbearing women in Western society today, often because women and their partners are unaware of the issues or choices which are available to them.

 

British women to get home birth choice

Jun 5 2007

London - Pregnant women are to be advised to give birth at home as part of a revolution in childbirth policy that will reverse decades of medical convention.

 
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