Home Births Rose During the Pandemic, Study Shows

While the rate of home births remains small—making up just 1.4% of all U.S. births in 2021— it’s risen by about 2% each year ...
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I nearly died birthing my third baby at home – but still advocate for home births

A woman who almost died during childbirth at home alongside her baby said she has no regrets – and would still advocate for non-hospital births. Mum-of-three Geo James, 32, decided to birth her ...
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Penn Yan Midwife Movie Lights Fire Under Albany Over Home Births

A touring documentary about local midwife Elizabeth Catlin rolled into town this week and quickly revived the debate over who ...
Globe Gazette

Birthing at home

The whole point is it is not risky if you do your homework.” Nationwide, 90 percent of births still take place in hospitals with doctors attending, said Oregon State University medical anthropologist ...
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This accounts for 2% of births in Hawaiʻi

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Hawaiʻi Home Birth Task Force started on April 30, 2019, to look into home births and how to support moms who choose to give birth at home. This group was created by a law ...