Expert Commentary

What do the latest data reveal about the safety of home birth in the United States?

OBG Manag. 2013 November;25(11):24-26

References

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American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Fetus and Newborn. Planned home birth. Pediatrics. 2013;131(5):1016–1020.
American College of Nurse-Midwives. Division of Standards and Practice. Position statement: Home birth. Approved by the ACNM Board of Directors, May 2011. http://midwife.org/ACNM/files/ACNMLibraryData/UPLOADFILENAME/000000000251/Home%20Birth%20Aug%202011.pdf. Accessed October 21, 2013
Wax JR, Lucas FL, Lamont M, et al. Maternal and newborn outcomes in planned home birth vs planned hospital births: A meta-analysis. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012;203(3):243.e1–e8.
Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Ventura SJ, et al; Division of Vital Statistics. Births: Final data for 2009. Natl Vital Stat Rep. 2011;60(1):1–70.