Homebirth Is Safe

The secret is getting out! 

Read this article on the latest study comparing home and hospital births. I did have to giggle a bit when I read this line: "babies born at home are more likely to be hospitalized, usually because of infant jaundice." Of COURSE home born babies are hospitalized more often for jaundice. Babies born in hospitals who have jaundice are already in the hospital so they can't be hospitalized. 

Here is another look at the article from Medpage "Perinatal Death Low with Home Births." Notice that the perinatal death rate was found to be lowest for planned home births.

Here is a link to the study published online in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.  The abstract is found here.

Comments

[Joy]

That is laughable! I mean, jaundice can be potentially serious but for the most part it's so minimal that it's easily dealt with. Compared to other things one's child might be hospitalized for jaundice doesn't seem to be the top 10 reasons for dying.

[T Robinson]

Thanks for reminding me about this poem. It is deep....