(Hot on the heels of data from New Zealand, two more studies have evidenced the safety of home birth; this time from the UK (Li et al 2015) and Iceland Halfdansdottir et al 2015). The Icelandic study is a retrospective cohort study which compares the outcomes of the 307 women who planned home births in 2005-2009 […]
Vaginal Cutting During Childbirth Is on the Decline
It is becoming less common for doctors in the U.S. to make incisions in a woman’s vagina and pelvic floor muscles during childbirth, in the wake of 2006 recommendations against the procedure, new research finds. Episiotomies, deliberate cuts in the perineum, which is the tissue between the vagina and the anus, were once standard practice […]
New Research On The Safety Of Using Midwives For Low-Risk Deliveries
Midwives For Low-Risk Deliveries According to a new study by Britain’s National Health Service, it’s safer for women with low risk pregnancies to deliver under the supervision of a midwife than in a hospital maternity ward. According to the study, mothers expected to have uncomplicated deliveries, and their babies, did better with midwives compared to […]