On U.S. Maternal Mortality
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
* New Studies Confirm Safety of Home Birth With Midwives in the U.S.
* What You Should Know Before Having a Planned Home Birth
* 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
On Cesarean Sections
* First Do No Harm: Interventions During Childbirth
* Childbirth Connection: Research and Evidence
* 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.
* 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.
* Cesarean delivery and risk of inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.