Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
September 03, 2019 | by: Henci Goer, BA
The great difficulty of attempting to determine comparative perinatal and neonatal mortality with home vs. hospital birth is amassing a large enough dataset of appropriately designed studies. In their review, “Perinatal or neonatal mortality among women who intend at the onset of labour to give birth at home compared to women of low obstetrical risk who intend to give birth in hospital: A systematic review and meta-analyses,” Hutton & colleagues (2019) overcome these difficulties with an ingenious study selection and analysis strategy.
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June 28, 2019 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
This new research: Giving Voice to Mothers: A national survey of the experiences of care during and after pregnancy and childbirth in the US focused on the experiences of birthing women of color who were planning to birth out of the hospital, defined as “community births”. These community births were planned to occur in either a freestanding birth center or at home. The demographics of these two group (people of color and community births) are traditionally underrepresented in past research projects focused on personal experiences, such as the Listening to Mothers studies did.
January 17, 2019 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
The SOGC opinion on and corresponding statement on home birth is a refreshing respectful and collaborative approach to the choices of birth location facing birthing families today.
May 16, 2017 | by: Henci Goer, BA
The number of families that are choosing community birth (home or freestanding birth center) is increasing every year. What can healthy low-risk people do to avoid the interventions that make choosing a hospital birth potentially less safe for this specific population?
July 14, 2016 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Birth by the Numbers just released the newest video in their occasional video series and this time Dr. Eugene Declercq and his team are providing valuable information about current home birth trends in the United States.
May 12, 2016 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Lamaze has shared, reviewed and discussed research articles on the topic of out of hospital birth. Use this compilation of S&S posts from experts, including researchers, midwives, doctors and others on the topic of home birth safety for your own use and to share with families.
March 29, 2016 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Rebecca Dekker, PhD of Evidence Based Birth released a new article today The Evidence for Advanced Maternal Age which examines and summarizes the current research available on the topic of pregnancy and birth at the age of 35 years old or beyond. The age at which people are having their first ch
January 18, 2016 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
By Jeanette McCullochIn the past month, two new studies have been released - one in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), the other in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) - comparing out-of-hospital birth outcomes to hospital birth outcomes. These studies join a growing body of lit
January 06, 2016 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
In the past month, two new studies have been released - one in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), the other in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) - comparing out-of-hospital birth outcomes to hospital outcomes. These studies join a growing body of literature that consistently s
January 04, 2016 | by: Henci Goer, BA
Last week, a new study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine titled Planned out-of-hospital birth and birth outcomes. This study looked at the safety of home birth using Oregon State birth certificate data and once again brought up the unclear debate on the safety of home birth.
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