Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Homebirths 'as safe as Hospital'

The largest study of its kind has found that for low-risk women, giving birth at home is as safe as doing so in hospital with a midwife.

Research from the Netherlands - which has a high rate of home births - found no difference in death rates of either mothers or babies in 530,000 births. To read the full article go to http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7998417.stm

No comments: