Midwives with a Purpose
Research
Outcomes of Planned Homebirths with CPMs
A large prospective study in North America.
Planned Homebirths are Safe
The Largest Study of Homebirths Attended by CPMs as Published in the British Medical Journal
Homebirth References and Information
Various Articles and Studies about Homebirth
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (Health Care Routine Guideline)
See Ultrasound (Optional) on page 28 and Algorithm Annotation on page 33
US Preventative Services Task Force
This task force apparently gave up due to the prolific use of ultrasound in spite of the lack of evidence to support its routine use
Ultrasound Scans
Cause for Concern? By Dr. Sarah J. Buckley
Group B Strep
Mothering Magazine 2003
Hyperoxia May Depress Breathing in Newborns
Assessing whether repeated hyperoxia inhibits
breathing
Evidence Against the Use of
Pure Oxygen
The Evidence Mounts Against the Use of Pure Oxygen in Newborn
Resuscitation
Resuscitation of Newborn
Infants with 100% Oxygen or Air
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis from
The Lancet
Room Air Appears to do Less Brain Damage than Pure
Oxygen
The
first research looking at chemical changes in the brain during
restoration of blood flow after cardiac arrest and the neurological
damage that can follow.
Infant and Neonatal Mortality for Primary Cesarean
and Vaginal Births
Mortality Rates are Higher Among Infants Delivered
by C-section
FDA
Cautions Against Ultrasound Keepsakes
FDA Consumer Magazine 2004
SSRIs and
Your Baby
Neonatal Signs Following Exposure to SSRIs
Neonatal
Jaundice
Is Current Management of Neonatal Jaundice
Evidence Based?
The
Assault on Normal Birth
The OB Disinformation Campaign
by Henci Goer
The Farm
Study
Homebirth
as Systems-Challenging Praxis
Knowledge, Power and Intimacy in the Birthplace by
Melissa J. Cheyney
Articles
Candles Not Required.
A first-time mom explains why she chose homebirth.
You Want to Give Birth Where?
A dad's transformation from homebirth skeptic to homebirth advocate.
Not the Kind of House for a Home Birth
"I want to stay home and have people come to me."
Being There
A mother and her teenage daughter reflect on their memories of homebirth.
There's No Place Like Home
The advantages and joys of giving birth where you live.
They Saw It All
Having children present at the birth.
Ecstatic Birth
Studies Show Homebirth is Safe
Is Homebirth For You?
A Butcher's Dozen
An Article on VBAC by Nancy Wainer
Foreskins
for Keeps
An Idea Whose Time Has Come by Gloria Lemay
Home -
Our Birth Right
An Article by Judy Edmunds, CPM