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Number of U.S. Babies Born at Low-Birth-Weight is Rising

2008-06-12T13:35:16Z

Low Birth Rates Increase to Highest Rates in 40 Years There's a lot of other information in the article, so read carefully. Some put the blame on the economy, and while that surely shares part of the blame, I was happy to see that other causes of...

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I know my decision

2008-05-16T04:54:26Z

You know, I've been posting all this stuff about statistics and studies and research, and I just realized: none of this is for me. All of this information is really for other people, people who don't yet know that I want a home birth or who don't ...

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VBAC Safe Before and After 40 Weeks

2008-04-14T02:01:49Z

Safety and Efficacy of Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Attempts at or Beyond 40 Weeks of Gestation (Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2005;106:700-706) Summary: Women attempting VBAC before or at 40 weeks gestation had higher success rates (77.8%) than wom...

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Spinal analgesia: higher ECV success

2008-04-14T01:44:09Z

A small study, but interesting, nonetheless. External Cephalic Version for Breech Presentation With or Without Spinal Analgesia in Nulliparous Women at Term Note to self: if next babe is breech, as first was, maybe try a spinal during ECV.

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Hospital VBAC bans: a letter and a response

2008-04-11T02:21:35Z

VBAC Facts recently posted a written dialogue between a mom in Southern California and an OB acting as spokesman for a hospital that recently "banned" VBACs. Mom's letter is here and the OB/hospital response is here. Make sure to read the blogger'...

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Link Dump: Home Birth Studies

2008-04-09T19:09:02Z

Outcomes of planned home births versus planned hospital births after regulation of midwifery in British Columbia -- no increased risk to mother or baby from home births compared to hospital births, but home births had significantly fewer intervent...

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Large Study on Safety of Homebirth In North America

2008-04-09T18:57:55Z

In short, low-risk home births had outcomes quite similar to low-risk hospital births, in terms of safety. The big difference is the rate of medical interventions: women giving birth in hospitals had much higher rates of episiotomy, forceps/vacuum...

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Maternal Morbidity Increases with Each Cesarean Birth

2008-02-22T23:56:18Z

Contrast this study with the one below. In short, mothers with multiple VBACs have increasingly lower levels of complications while mothers with multiple elective Cesareans with no labor have increasingly higher levels of complications. Obstetri...

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VBAC Safety Increases with Each Subsequent VBAC Birth

2008-02-22T23:51:46Z

Straight from the horse's mouth! Obstetrics & Gynecology (February 2008;111:285-291). OBJECTIVE: To estimate the success rates and risks of an attempted vaginal birth after cesarean delivery (VBAC) according to the number of prior successful VBA...

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RCOG's Statement on Home Births

2008-02-19T03:55:48Z

Ok, people. Prepare to be shocked. And awed. Great Britain's equivalent to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RCOG), issued a joint statement with the Royal College...

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