ResourcesBelow are helpful links to allow you
to research these and other issues further. Feel free to contact me if
you have questions or want more information. (Don't forget to spend plenty of time resting and savoring your pregnancy, too, like the sweet mama pictured here!)
Frustrated by the lack of accurate information about childbirth in our community, a fellow midwife, student midwife, and I created Birth Santa Cruz. Check it out!
The
information on this entire site is fabulous. Check out
the "Research/Studies" near the bottom of the Resources page for homebirth research studies.
Birth Network is Santa Cruz County's one-stop resource for "mother friendly" birth practitioners of all stripes. Find a massage therapist, prenatal yoga class, compostable diapers, doulas, midwives, or childbirth education class here!
Interpretation: Planned home birth attended by a registered midwife was associated with very low and comparable rates of perinatal death and reduced rates of obstetric interventions and other adverse perinatal outcomes compared with planned hospital birth attended by a midwife or physician.
Based on research done in North America.
This is an exceptional organization for and by midwifery supporters. Please consider becoming a member.
Kelly Olmstead, LM, CPM
Homebirth Midwife
Santa Cruz, California
831.429.BABY (429.2229)
Kelly@dawningmama.com
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mama in the grass courtesy of the
fabulous
team at InHerImagePhoto.com. Find them on Facebook too! Used with permission. All
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courtesy of the happy families in each photo.
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