SAFETY OF HOMEBIRTH & MIDWIVES
Homebirth: As Safe As Birth Gets
In some studies, midwives actually served higher risk populations
than the physicians and still obtained lower mortalities and
morbidities.
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certified professional midwives: large prospective study in North
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INFO ON THE TRUST BIRTH PHILOSOPHY
The Trust Birth Initiative is an old/new concept in the birth
field. Women talking to women about birth. Not another expert,
not another class. We facilitate discussion/support groups. Meetings
are usually in leader’s home, but may be in a library or
church nursery or community center. The meetings are usually
held one night a month.
Trust Birth
MOST CURRENT STUDIES
Study
Shows Homebirth Lowers C-section Risk
"Mothering Magazine has calculated that using midwifery
care for 75% of the births in the U.S. would save an estimated
$8.5 billion per year." (Madrona, Lewis & Morgaine,
The Future of Midwifery in the United States, NAPSAC News, Fall-Winter,
1993, p. 15) [via http://www.collegeofmidwives.org/safety_issues01/saftysta.htm]
British Journal of Medicine Study about Trust
The Texas Department of Health's own statistics show that midwives in Texas have a lower infant mortality rate than physicians. (Texas Lay Midwifery Program, Six Year Report, 1983- 1989, Berstein & Bryant, Appendix Vlllf, Texas Department of Health, I 100 West 49th St., Austin, TX 78756-3199.) Texas Department of Health
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