A recent study in Canada examined 2889 home births attended by registered midwives in British Columbia and 4752 planned hospital births attended by the same group of midwives, compared with 5331 births in hospitals attended by doctors. The study concluded that ''women planning birth at home experienced reduced risk for all obstetric interventions measured and similar or reduced risk for adverse maternal outcomes''.
In the Netherlands, about 30 per cent of women give birth at home, providing the ideal opportunity for a long overdue large-scale study into its safety. Researchers studied more than 500,000 births over seven years and found births for low-risk pregnancies were as safe at home as in hospital.
It's time to stop demonising home birth and start listening to women's desires to birth naturally, whether that be in hospitals, birth centres or their own homes.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/when-push-comes-to-shove-home-births-dont-deserve-to-be-demonised-20111213-1ot0e.html
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