For a Natural Birth, There's No Place Like Home
An article written by a midwife about the safety and benefits of having a home birth.
The Home Birth Decision
One family's story of their home birth and a collection of links to other home birth resources.
The Home Birth Decision
What do you think? Do you think that this type of atmosphere would help you relax at a very important time in your family's life? Do you think that the imminent arrival of the newest member would be made a little calmer and and less traumatic if you had the chance to mould the environment to your liking? To have some control as to where and how you give birth?
Baby Catcher
The memoir of a Berkeley California midwife's home birth career, culminating in a lawsuit. Reviewed by People Magazine, Anne Lamott, and Ina May Gaskin
Can I Have a Homebirth and What Do I Need to Know?
In recent years, there has been an increase in the desire of women to have their birth experience take place in the comfort and familiarity of home. A home birth can help to avoid many of the ro...
Can I Have a Homebirth and What Do I Need to Know?
In recent years, there has been an increase in the desire of women to have their birth experience take place in the comfort and familiarity of home. A home birth can help to avoid many of the routine...
Getting Back to Our Roots Throug Home Birth
Until 1900, home birth was the most prevalent location for childbirth. In fact, over 90 percent of Americans alive today were born at home.
Home birth
A physician/midwife practice in the Chicago metropolitan area
Home Birth and Out-of-Hospital Birth: Is it Safe?
Sheila Kitzinger, British childbirth expert, states that planned home birth with an experienced lay midwife has a perinatal death rate of 3-4 babies per 1,000 births (51). Hospital births, by contrast, carry a perinatal mortality rate of 9-10/1,000.
Home Birth Association of Ireland
The Home Birth Association is a voluntary group, founded in 1982 to give information and support to those considering and opting for home birth. It helps parents make an informed choice by publishing leaflets, answering telephone queries, keeping lists of midwives, running monthly open meetings, and organising workshops and conferences.
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