Important Recent Home Birth Studies
The studies below are important compliments to our study.
Schlenzka, Peter F., Safety of Alternative Approaches to Childbirth. Standford University Department of Sociology. 1999; 1-436
http://www.vbfree.org/docs/safety.rtfde Jonge A., van der Goes BY, Ravelli AC, melink-Verburg MP, Mol BW, Nijhuis JG et al. Perinatal mortality and morbidity in a nationwide cohort of 529,688 low-risk planned home and hospital births. BJOG 2009; 116(9):1177-1184.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122323202/abstractPerinatal and maternal outcomes by planned place of birth for healthy women with low risk pregnancies: the Birthplace in England national prospective cohort study. BMJ 2011;343:d7400.
http://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d7400Hutton EK, Reitsma AH, Kaufman K. Outcomes associated with planned home and planned hospital births in low-risk women attended by midwives in Ontario, Canada, 2003-2006: a retrospective cohort study. Birth 2009; 36(3):180-189.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122592329/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0Johnson, Kenneth C., Daviss, Betty-Anne. Outcomes of planned home births with certified professional midwives: large prospective study in North America. British Medical Journal. 2005; 330.
http://understandingbirthbetter.com/files/uploads/BMJCPM2000QuestionsAndAnswersMay2008v2.pdfJanssen PA, Saxell L, Page LA, Klein MC, Liston RM, Lee SK. Outcomes of planned home birth with registered midwife versus planned hospital birth with midwife or physician. CMAJ 2009; 181(6-7):377-383.
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=19720688