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Old 12-Mar-2008, 14:46
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Default Re: Home Birth versus Hospital Births!

Hi there

Good topic and no you didnt blabber on too much, we love all that on here, a good waffle

So you need to balance out your arguement a bit, articles against homebirth..... I agree it will be tricky as Im sure you have discovered the RCM's campaign for normal birth says very clearly that there is no evidence. I recall a study from the states where their equivalent of the RCOG (Royal College of Gynaecologists) tried to say homebirth was unsafe but it appeared their data collection method was dodgy and skewed the results but the study is one of the few that I recall that had said homebirth was unsafe

http://www.mana.org/WAHomeBirthStudy.pdf

There is also the matter of accidential homebirth stats getting mixed up with planned homebirth stats this tends to skew any results that the 'otherside' try to rely on to discredit homebirth advocates.

This is a good summary

http://www.homebirth.org.uk/homebirth4.htm

Not sure Ive helped much as it is a tricky one to oppose in this day and age for low risk women!

Welcome to the site, btw

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