Homebirth: Making an Informed Decision to Birth at Home
Table of Content High blood pressure during home birth Births in the U.S. Severe tearing after birth Figures from The Ministry of Health’s Report on Maternity in 2010 show: The Midwifery and Maternity Partners Organisation annual report of 2011 shows: Why Choose a Home Birth? The hospital will also have a pediatrician or pediatric team present at the birth as an added precaution. The most common reason for hospital transfers in women who are having their first birth is slow or stalled progress during labor. This might occur during any stage of the labor process from early, active, to pushing. A systematic review will be useful for women in making informed choices, and for the planning of care for these women. In Sweden, homebirths are rare -- as rare as in the US -- that is, less than 0.1%. In Lindgren, et al.'s study , the homebirth transfer rate was 25% for first-time mothers -- that is, one in four women that plan a homebirth end up in the hospital (much better than the ...