In most movies set several years back, you’ll see scenes of home birth with a midwife standing by with boiled water. Sometimes the birth goes well, and sometimes not. That’s fiction though.
What happens when women choose home birth in real life? Is it as safe as hospital birth?

According to a recent study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, risk of infant death after a planned home birth with a registered midwife is the same as a planned hospital birth.
The study included:

2,889 home births supervised by registered midwives in British Columbia, Canada
752 planned hospital births attended by the …read more

Would you ever give birth at home? There is a growing popularity of women wanting to have their babies in the comfort of their homes. But is it safe? And is it really that much more private and comfortable than giving birth in a hospital?

Many women feel that a home birth makes the event that much more special. Midwifery is become a more common profession as the number of babies born out of a hospital increases. For most of the women choosing this option, they will likely have a safe pregnancy.
However, even there is even …read more