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EVIDENCE BASED HOMEBIRTH

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

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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.

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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.

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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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