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The LARGEST study to date
on the safety of home birth
from the Netherlands...
Meta-analysis of the safety of home birth.
Birth. 1997 Mar;24(1):4-13; discussion 14-6.
Olsen O.
Department of Social Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
CDC Reports an Increase in Home Births
(click on the document to the right)
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Birth centers fight for fees
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS (AP)
Open Letter to Producers of the Today Show
Another study showing the safety of home birth <click the article from the Canadian Medical Association Journal below>
The M.A.M.A. CampaignThis partnership is now at work to gain federal recognition of
Certified Professional Midwives (CPM) so that women and families
will have increased access to quality, affordable maternity care
in the settings of their choice.
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M.A.M.A...... Midwives and Mothers in Action
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Promoting the Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) credential.The MAMA campaign is a collaborative effort by the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM), Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA), Citizens for Midwifery (CfM), the International Center for Traditional Childbearing (ICTC), the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM), and the Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC).
This partnership is now at work to gain federal recognition of Certified Professional Midwives so that women and families will have increased access to quality, affordable maternity care in the settings of their choice. We will be sending out information about the ways that you can take action for CPMs. Please consider endorsing the campaign, making a donation, and sharing your birth story on our web site listed below.
Midwives and Mothers in Action
The beatnik turned natural birth expert
Viv Groskop meets a 'far-out' midwife who has become a guru to celebrities.
But is delivering a breech baby feet first without pain relief really a good idea?
The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/)
Midwife Monologues Blog by Brynn Potter, CPM, LM
Read about the safety of Home Birth with the CPM:
Certified Professional Midwife, in the British Medical Journal
Baby Bled to Death After Circumcision