Celebrity home births

David A. Anderson * and Gabrielle M. Gilkison Department of Economics and Business, Centre College, Danville, KY 40422, USA; gabrielle.gilkison@centre.edu * Correspondence: david@centre.edu Abstract: Policy decisions about the accessibility of home birth hinge on questions of safety and affordability. Families consider safety and cost along with the comfort and familiarity of birthing venues. A substantial…

January 1, 1984  through  December 31,  2020 Total planned home births:                                                                           1693 Total  transports:                                                                            129    [ 7.6 % ]               Mothers transported in labor:                                         92                               Cesareans                                                     51   [ 3% ]                               Forceps/Vacuum                                             9               Mothers transported within 24 hours postpartum:         23               Babies transported within 24 hours after home birth:   14 Counties:  Benzie 2     Kent  14   Lake 19   Manistee  53    Mason 210     Mecosta   130     Montcalm  15  Muskegon 354    Oceana 246   Ottawa   121   Newaygo  378   Osceola  78    plus 73 births attended in Allegan, Clare, Eaton, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Ingham, Isabella, Kalamazoo, Midland, Missaukee,…

I kept track of statistics for 1 year of births for the incidence of cord around the neck and past due status for the 45 births that year. 47% of the babies were born with the cord wrapped around their necks 55% were more than 41 weeks pregnant! All babies had healthy outcomes.  These are…

From the Cochrane Library, Feb 2012: Monitoring of the fetal heart rate (FHR) is one of the most common methods for checking a baby’s wellbeing. The two most common ways of monitoring the FHR are by listening to the heart beat using a fetal stethoscope, Pinard (special trumpet shaped device), handheld Doppler ultrasound device (this…

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I trust birth like I trust the weather. The sun will rise most mornings and set most evenings. There will be 4 Seasons, give or take a couple. Sometimes there’s sunshine with gentle breezes, or cleansing soft white snow, or life-giving warm summer rains. But we all know there are also floods, lightening strikes, hurricanes,…