Background: Studies of planned home births attended by registered midwives have been
limited by incomplete data, nonrepresentative sampling, inadequate statistical power and …

Background: The choice to give birth at home with a regulated midwife in attendance
became available to expectant women in British Columbia in 1998. The purpose of this …

Background: Midwives in Ontario, Canada, provide care in the home and hospital and are
required to submit data for all births to the Ontario Ministry of Health database. The purpose …

Background: The impact of midwifery versus physician care on perinatal outcomes in a
population of women planning birth in hospital has not yet been explored. We compared …

Objective To evaluate the safety of home births in North America involving direct entry
midwives, in jurisdictions where the practice is not well integrated into the healthcare …

This study describes the outcomes of 11,788 planned home births attended by certified
nurse‐midwives (CNMs) from 1987 to 1991. A retrospective survey was used to obtain …

Background More women are choosing to birth at home in well-resourced countries.
Concerns persist that out-of-hospital birth contributes to higher perinatal and neonatal …

Background: Previous studies have shown that planned home birth is associated with a
decreased likelihood of intrapartum intervention with no difference in neonatal outcomes …

Objective: To describe the outcomes of intended home birth in the practices of certified nurse-
midwives. Methods: Twenty-nine US nurse-midwifery practices were recruited for the study …

In the United States, approximately 35,000 births (0.9%) per year occur in the home.
Approximately one fourth of these births are unplanned or unattended. Although the …