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The pandemic will affect types of care and social beliefs about reproduction in the longer term.
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, pregnant women are facing new health risks and a health care system that’s changing around them by the day.
During a pandemic, a home birth starts looking better every second. Midwives with their specialized skills in low-risk normal birth can be of great service.
Compared to women who give birth in a birth centre, those who give birth in hospitals are much more likely to have interventions – from epidurals, to labour augmentation and caesarean deliveries.
The benefits of midwifery for women and babies globally are clear. In Canada, innovations in midwifery centres and services are tempered by low pay and high rates of burnout.
Evidence suggests that microbes play a vital role in health. But what microbes we get depends whether we were born in a hospital versus at home. That could impact our health decades later.
A professor of midwifery education reviews the research evaluating the safety of home versus hospital births.
Women often express a fear of giving birth en route to the hospital, and these fears have some basis.
Does the growth of ‘freebirthing’ mean that women are rejecting professional advice? Or is there something else going on?
Are we overscheduling our children even from the moment of their birth? We live in an on-demand world. Movies are shown on request, food is delivered on call and drivers arrive when beckoned. As an economist…
Home births are on the up but hospitals still matter.
The ongoing and sometimes emotive debate about risks and rewards of giving birth in hospital or at home is nothing new. What is new is the attention being given to the legal rights and responsibilities…
The recall of hired home-birthing pools after a baby contracted Legionnaires’ disease will inevitably lead some women to worry about having a water birth at home. While the incidence is rare, it is worth…
Women who give birth at home as part of a publicly funded home birth program have an overall low risk of problems such as stillbirth, postpartum hemorrhaging and emergency cesarean section, a new study…
Home births are a safe option for women already at low risk of complications. Researchers from the University of Technology…
In response to a recent South Australian coroner’s finding that three babies died from preventable causes, Health Minister Tanya Plibersek has said she will close a loophole in national health laws that…
Women have the right to determine what happens to their bodies; and this includes where and how they give birth. But from July 2013, private midwives may not be able to legally provide their services to…
We’re fortunate to live in a society where robust evidence forms the basis of the information health-care professionals provide to patients – and home birth should be no exception. But the evidence about…
Choosing where to give birth – whether in a public hospital, private facility or in the home – is a fundamental human right that should be available to all Australian women. But despite the Commonwealth…
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Caroline Homer is a Friend of The Conversation.
Co-Program Director: Maternal and Child Health, Burnet Institute
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Assistant Professor, Midwifery Education Program, McMaster University
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Adjunct Professor, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology
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Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Adelaide
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Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist & Associate Professor, University of Adelaide
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Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, Monash University
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Post-doctoral Fellow in the School of Medicine, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney
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Director of Programs for Family, Child and Psychosocial Health. Lead Midwife for Education., University of Southampton
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Clinical Associate Professor, Boston University
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Associate Professor of Economics, University of Southern Denmark
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Associate Professor of Economics, University of Southern Denmark
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Professor of Statistics and Econometrics, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
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Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Griffith University
