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    On U.S. Maternal Mortality

    * Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    * A Soaring Maternal Mortality Rate: What Does It Mean For You?

    * Recent Increases in the U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate: Disentangling Trends From Measurement Issues

    * Revised 1990 estimates of maternal mortality

    * ACOG: Maternal Mortality

    * U.S. Has The Worst Rate Of Maternal Deaths In The Developed World

     

    On Cervical Checks

    * Are Vaginal Examinations in L&D an Infection Risk?

    * Routine vaginal examinations for assessing progress of labour to improve outcomes for women and babies at term.

    * First Do No Harm: Interventions During Childbirth

    * Pelvic Exams Near Term: Benefit or Risk? Talking to Mothers About Informed Consent and Refusal

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    On Safety of Home Birth

    * Home Birth Can Be Appealing, But How Safe Is It?​

    * Outcomes associated with planned place of birth among women with low-risk pregnancies​

    * Outcomes of Care for 16,924 Planned Home Births in the United States: The Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project, 2004 to 2009

    * New Studies Confirm Safety of Home Birth With Midwives in the U.S.

    * What You Should Know Before Having a Planned Home Birth

    * National Birth Center Study

    * Outcomes of Care in Birth Centers

    * Midwifery Care at a Freestanding Birth Center: A Safe and Effective Alternative to Conventional Maternity Care

    * Planned home compared with planned hospital births: mode of delivery and Perinatal mortality rates, an observational study
    * Study finds midwifery care saves money and is safer

    * Planned Home Birth: ACOG

    * Planned home birth: benefits, risks, and opportunities

    * Outcomes of planned home birth with registered midwife versus planned hospital birth with midwife or physician

    * Optimal management of umbilical cord prolapse.

     

    On Cesarean Sections

    * First Do No Harm: Interventions During Childbirth

    * Childbirth Connection: Research and Evidence

    * Clinicians' views of factors influencing decision-making for caesarean section: A systematic review and metasynthesis of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods studies.

    * Fish can't see water: The need to humanize birth

    * National Vital Statistics Reports

    * Labor Interventions: How to Avoid Them and Why You’d Want to

    * Anesthesia-related deaths during obstetric delivery in the United States, 1979-1990.

    * Cesarean section and the risk of emergency peripartum hysterectomy in high-income countries: a systematic review.

    * Impact of Caesarean section on subsequent fertility: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    * Peritoneal closure at primary cesarean delivery and adhesions.

    * Caesarean delivery and risk of atopy and allergic disease: meta-analyses.

    * Association between caesarean section and childhood obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    * Research review: Birth by caesarean section and development of autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    * Cesarean delivery and risk of inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    * Is caesarean delivery associated with sensitization to food allergens and IgE-mediated food allergy: a systematic review.

     

    On The History of Hospital Births

    *The History of Midwifery and Childbirth in America: A Time Line

    *Trends in Out-of-Hospital Births in the United States

    *Out-of-Hospital Births on the Rise in U.S.

    *How did birth move from the home to the hospital, and back again?

     

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