 | Homebirth in the UK - by Brighton Homebirth Support Group |
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| There are many reasons people choose to give birth at home, and most have more to do with feelings than statistics. |
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| | Homebirth: What Are the Issues? - by Sara Wickham, RM, BA (Hons) |
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| There is no shortage of evidence to support the fact that homebirth is safe, satisfying and empowering for women and their families. It is also a much-neglected option for childbearing women in Western society today. |
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| | Midwifery Today Responds to Study Questioning Homebirth Safety - by Gail Hart |
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| Midwifery Today responds to the study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology questioning homebirth safety |
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| | Why Homebirth? - by Jill Cohen |
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| Regardless whatever law may be applied to the surface of women's lives, homebirth is a right. In a nod to this fact, lawmakers have carefully kept their hands off this right and gone after the homebirth attendant instead. |
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| | The Homebirth Choice - by Jill Cohen |
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| The authors discuss the why's and how's of homebirth, including a brief history of midwifery, considerations to weigh in deciding on types of midwives and tips on how to choose a midwife. ...Anyone considering the profession of midwifery will also find this useful as a general overview of what a midwife does. |
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| | Homebirth after Cesarean: The Myth and the Reality - by Amy V. Haas |
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| No studies are available on homebirth after cesarean (HBAC). Is it as safe as inhospital VBAC? What elements make it risky? Amy Haas takes on the difficult task of wading applying the available studies on VBAC to the domain of homebirth to give a general idea on its safety. |
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| | E-News 3:34 - Homebirth |
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| An archived issue of Midwifery Today E-News |
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| | Editorial: The Miracle of Homebirth - by Jan Tritten |
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| Homebirth is the gold standard, God's standard, the highest standard of Birth possible. The uplifting feeling a mom gets, having birthed in her own power, is unlike anything else in the world. |
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| | Becoming an Agent of Change: What to Do When Your Midwife Has Been Charged - by Katherine Prown, Ph.D. |
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| It's a situation every homebirth family dreads, but one all too many will have to face: your midwife is under investigation or, worse, has been charged with a crime. |
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| | E-News 8:18 - Epidural |
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| An archived issue of Midwifery Today E-News |
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| | Lessons from a Homebirth Practice - by John Stevenson |
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| The first thing I noticed about homebirth was the serene joy of the parents, which in those days was something I never saw in my hospital experience. The second thing I saw was that an intense bond automatically takes place between mother and baby in the first half-hour, not in the first few weeks... |
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| | E-News 3:1 - Home and Hospital Birth |
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| An archived issue of Midwifery Today E-News |
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| | E-News 1:29 - Homebirth |
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| An archived issue of Midwifery Today E-News |
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| | E-News 10:6 - Midwifery and Taxes |
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| An archived issue of Midwifery Today E-News |
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| | E-News 10:5 - Episiotomy |
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| An archived issue of Midwifery Today E-News |
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| | E-News 8:15 - Induction of Labor |
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| An archived issue of Midwifery Today E-News |
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| | E-News 2:47 - Down Syndrome |
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| An archived issue of Midwifery Today E-News |
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| | E-News 4:13 - Waterbirth |
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| An archived issue of Midwifery Today E-News |
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| | Ultrasound: More Harm than Good? - by Marsden Wagner |
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| In assessing the effectiveness of ultrasound in pregnancy, it is essential to make the distinction between its selective use for specific indications and its routine use as a screening procedure. |
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| | Technology in Birth: First Do No Harm - by Marsden Wagner |
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| Cesarean section can save the life of the mother or her baby. Cesarean section can also kill a mother or her baby. How can this be? |
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| | A Butcher’s Dozen - by Nancy Wainer |
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| VBAC. A victory and a relief for most of the women who have one. A deep and generous healing for many of them. And still, very much a sham, because most of the women never really needed to be cut in the first place, so they didn't really need to be VBACs after all. |
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| | E-News 9:16 - Complications |
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| An archived issue of Midwifery Today E-News |
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| | E-News 12:6 - Nutrition |
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| An archived issue of Midwifery Today E-News |
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| | E-News 2:32 - Nutrition |
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| An archived issue of Midwifery Today E-News |
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| | E-News 2:44 - Doulas |
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| An archived issue of Midwifery Today E-News |
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