Home superior to hospital birth
Home superior to hospital birth
Source: British Medical Journal 2005; 330: 1416-22
The largest prospective study of planned home births to date evaluates the safety of such births supported by direct entry midwives.
Among low-risk women, home births assisted by certified midwives achieve similar rates of intrapartum and neonatal mortality as hospital births, with lower rates of medical intervention, reveal Canadian researchers.
