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Neonatal Death Rates
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Neonatal Death Rates
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MANA's "Best Evidence" Shows Homebirth is Unsafe
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Families thinking about home birth are often told, either by their midwives or by the blogs and websites that advocate for home birth, th...
Malpractice Insurance
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When looking for a safe care provider for your birth, it is very important to find one that carries malpractice insurance. Many home bi...
Babies Die in Hospitals Too
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Yes, they do. Most babies that die at hospitals cannot be saved despite all of equipment there just for them, and the training and skill o...
The Qualifications of US Home Birth Midwives
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In trying to understand why the risks of home birth are so elevated compared to hospital birth, it's important to understand the "...
The Coalition for Safer Home Birth
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In response to the increased death rates at home birth and the lack of regulation and accountability of home birth midwives, an citizen-led...
Home Birth After Cesarean (HBAC)
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What is an HBAC? A vaginal birth after a previous cesarean section is called a VBAC. A home VBAC is often called an HBAC - home birth a...
Home Birth Death in Hawaii
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A newborn died last Wednesday as the result of an attempted home birth in Hawaii. From the Hawaii Tribune Herald : "One obstetricia...
Doesn't the US have a high infant mortality rate?
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Home birth advocates often say that hospital birth is clearly unsafe, as the "United States has one of the highest infant mortality rat...
The Johnson and Daviss Study
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As I discussed in the last post , we can only use studies that use home birth data from the United States to determine whether home birth...
Is Home Birth in the United States Safe?
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One day, I decided to type the question "Is home birth safe?" into Google. I tried two variations - "Is home birth safe?&q...
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