"We need to start focusing on who might be a good candidate for a home or birth center birth and stop debatin whether women should be allowed to choose these options."
...Whether women should be ALLOWED!?!
What right does ANYONE have to tell a woman where she can bring her child into this world? How arrogant can you get, medical community?
Anyway, yet another study saying it is safer for a low-risk mom to just stay home with her midwife than to go to the hospital.
“We
need to start focusing on who might be a good candidate for a home or
birth center birth and stop debating whether women should be allowed to
choose these options. - See more at:
http://www.inhabitots.com/new-study-finds-home-birth-is-a-safe-option-for-women-with-a-low-risk-pregnancy/#sthash.4ktLZwWR.wddboDCY.dpuf
need to start focusing on who might be a good candidate for a home or
birth center birth and stop debating whether women should be allowed to
choose these options. - See more at:
http://www.inhabitots.com/new-study-finds-home-birth-is-a-safe-option-for-women-with-a-low-risk-pregnancy/#sthash.4ktLZwWR.wddboDCY.dpuf
“We need to start focusing on who might be a good candidate for a home or birth center birth and stop debating whether women should be allowed to choose these options.”
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The statistics for this study came from the Midwives Alliance of
North American Statistics Project (MANA Stats) 2.0 data registry and
boast some major home birth benefits and successes for both mamas and
babies. Of the 16,924 women who planned home births, a full 89.1% ended
up giving birth at home and most women were only transferred for failure to progress, not a major problem. Just 4.5% of these women required oxytocin augmentation and/or epidural analgesia.
Even better, 1054 women who planned home births were also attempting a
vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) and amazingly 87% were successful.
Babies born at home fared very well too. Only 1.5% of all the newborns
had low Apgar scores and postpartum maternal (1.5%) and neonatal (0.9%)
transfers were very infrequent. On top of all of this good news for home
birth advocates, most of the babies born at home (96%) were still
breastfeeding at six weeks and of those 86% were exclusively breastfeeding, which is a much higher rate of
breastfeeding success than the average. Right now, perinatal data is
only available via birth certificates in the USA, which makes home birth
research a challenge, plus of course, most women are against being
randomized to a hospital or home birth
in research studies. Still, while home birth data is still being
assessed it’s clear from the research we do have available, that for
low-risk women, home birth attended by a midwife
should be considered a safe option. Cheyney sums up the research,
noting, “Home birth is not for every woman and risk factors need to be
weighed. But the evidence strongly suggests that a healthy woman with an
uncomplicated delivery and a single, term baby in a head-down position
can safely give birth outside the hospital.”
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Outcomes of Care for 16,924 Planned Home Births in the United States:
The Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project, 2004 to 2009
+ Study finds home births comparatively safe – for low-risk women, infants
Photo by Shutterstock
The statistics for this study came from the Midwives Alliance of
North American Statistics Project (MANA Stats) 2.0 data registry and
boast some major home birth benefits and successes for both mamas and
babies. Of the 16,924 women who planned home births, a full 89.1% ended
up giving birth at home and most women were only transferred for failure to progress, not a major problem. Just 4.5% of these women required oxytocin augmentation and/or epidural analgesia.
Even better, 1054 women who planned home births were also attempting a
vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) and amazingly 87% were successful.
Babies born at home fared very well too. Only 1.5% of all the newborns
had low Apgar scores and postpartum maternal (1.5%) and neonatal (0.9%)
transfers were very infrequent. On top of all of this good news for home
birth advocates, most of the babies born at home (96%) were still
breastfeeding at six weeks and of those 86% were exclusively breastfeeding, which is a much higher rate of
breastfeeding success than the average. Right now, perinatal data is
only available via birth certificates in the USA, which makes home birth
research a challenge, plus of course, most women are against being
randomized to a hospital or home birth
in research studies. Still, while home birth data is still being
assessed it’s clear from the research we do have available, that for
low-risk women, home birth attended by a midwife
should be considered a safe option. Cheyney sums up the research,
noting, “Home birth is not for every woman and risk factors need to be
weighed. But the evidence strongly suggests that a healthy woman with an
uncomplicated delivery and a single, term baby in a head-down position
can safely give birth outside the hospital.”
+
Outcomes of Care for 16,924 Planned Home Births in the United States:
The Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project, 2004 to 2009
+ Study finds home births comparatively safe – for low-risk women, infants
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