Safety of Home Birth Contrary to published biased studies about the dangers of home birth, many well done studies have proved the safety of home birth in low risk women attended by skilled midwifery. Click here: Midwifeinfo - Landmark Study Shows Giving Birth at Home is Safe http://www.sheilakitzinger.com/Homebirth.htm http://www.midwifery2000.com/bib.html http://www.changesurfer.com/Hlth/homebirth.html http://www.cfmidwifery.org/pdf/CPM2000.pdf Outcomes of planned home births with certified professional midwives: large prospectivestudy in North America http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/330/7505/1416 http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/330/7505/1416 Kenneth C Johnson, senior epidemiologist, Betty-Anne Daviss, projectmanager BMJ. 2005 Jun 18;330(7505):1416.Conclusions: Planned home birth for low risk women in North Americausing certified professional midwives was associated with lower rates of medical intervention but similar intrapartum and neonatal mortality to that of low risk hospital births in the United States. Answers to Questions About “Outcomes of planned home births with certified professional midwives: large prospective study in North America” http://understandingbirthbetter.com/section.php authors, Kenneth C. Johnson, Betty-Anne Daviss "Among low-risk women, home births assistedby certified midwives achieve similar rates of intrapartum and neonatalmortality as hospital births, with lower rates of medical intervention,reveal Canadian researchers." [from obgynworld.com] Here's the popular press on the homebirth safety study:Homebirth safe for low-risk pregnancies: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=8825161&src=eDialog/GetContent Reuter Giving Birth at Home Is Safe, Study Show: http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,159952,00. Bringing Out Baby ... at Home - Home Delivery: http://foxnews.webmd.com/content/article/13/3606_541.htm?src=rss_foxnews also from WebMD - "You're bringing a baby into a home full of love rather than a hospital full of germs." In the Boston Globe: “Home Births as safe as hospital deliveriesfor low-risk mothers” In the Washington Post: “Home Births”On Yahoo! News: “Home Birth safe for low-risk pregnancies” On Forbes: “Childbirth at Home as Safe as Hospital Delivery" Study On KOMO 4 News & ABC News: “Midwives a Safe Alternative to Hospital" On Kaisernetwork: Planned, Low-Risk Home Births With Nurse-Midwivesas Safe as Hospital Births, Involve Fewer Interventions www.obgynworld.com: Home superior to hospital birth: http://www.obgynworld.com/international//News/2005/Week_25/Day_4/Home_superior_to_hos.asp 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