What we know...
Between 1976 and 2008, accurate studies and comparisons with women of matched risk factors, gestation, presentation of baby, number of pregnancies, age, education race and other socio-economic factors, and with trained attendants, revealed the following:
3X increase in cesarean section for these women whose births began at a hospital. Further, the women
and babies with hospital births had undergone 20X more use of forceps, with most hospital birth induced with an oxytocin or other drug to
accelerate or induce labor, and greater incidence of episiotomy (and more severe tears in need of major repair). Some hospitals showed 6X more fetal distress in labor, 5X more cases of maternal
hypertension (high blood pressure), and 3X greater incidence of postpartum hemorrhage. There was 4X more infection among the newborn and 3X more babies that needed help to begin breathing. (In the 1976 study,
in hospital there were thirty
cases of birth injuries -- skull fractures, facial nerve palsies, brachial nerve injuries, severe cephalohematomas -- but none of those injuries in the home births.)
- Idaho Midwifery Council
Directory of member midwives and information for Idaho
- Idaho Midwfery Council
Reducing Infant Mortality
- Idahoans for Midwives
Volunteer consumer organization
- Midwives
Alliance of North America
References on home birth
- Citizens
for Midwifery
Articles, information and fact sheets
- Birth Action Coalition
Projects that educate and advocate
- NAPSAC
InterNational Association of Parents and
Professionals for Safe Alternatives in Childbirth
- Coalition
for Improving Maternity Services
Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative
- The
Safe Motherhood Quilt Project
Sponsored by Safe Motherhood Initiatives
- The
International Cesarean Awareness Network
ICAN's mission is to improve
maternal-child health by preventing unnecessary
cesareans through education, providing support for
cesarean recovery, and promoting Vaginal Birth After
Cesarean (VBAC)
- Maternity
Wise
Advice for Pregnant Women about
C-Section, Vaginal Birth and Vaginal Birth After
Cesarean (VBAC)
- Maternity
Center Association
3 in 10 U.S. Mothers Gave Birth by
C-Section in 2004: Sharp, Continuing Rise Defies
Best Evidence and Best Practice
- Medical Risks of Epidural Anesthesia
By Lewis Mehl-Madrona, M.D., Ph.D. and Morgaine Mehl-Madrona
- A Canadian Study: "Outcomes
of Planned Home Births...", 2009
- Outcomes
of Planned Home Births..., 2000
Large Prospective Study in North
America
- American
Public Health Association
APHA resolution article
- World
Health Organization
Costs and Antenatal Care
- The Safety of Homebirth
A list of medical literature and studies
- Waterbirth
International
Support for waterbirth
choices
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