FULL CIRCLE MIDWIFERY STATISTICS
January 1, 1984 through December 31, 2024
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Total planned home births: |
1862 |
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Total transports: |
152 [ 8% ] |
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Mothers transported in labor: |
107 |
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Cesareans |
57 [ 3% ] |
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Forceps/Vacuum |
9 |
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Mothers transported within 24 hours postpartum: |
25 |
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Babies transported within 24 hours after home birth: |
20 |
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Counties | |
|---|---|
|
Benzie |
2 |
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Kent |
15 |
|
Lake |
20 |
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Manistee |
54 |
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Mason |
216 |
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Mecosta |
143 |
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Montcalm |
17 |
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Muskegon |
420 |
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Oceana |
274 |
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Ottawa |
135 |
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Newaygo |
414 |
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Osceola |
71 |
Plus 73 births attended in Allegan, Clare, Eaton, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Ingham, Isabella, Kalamazoo, Midland, Missaukee, Shiawassee, Wayne & Wexford.
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Oldest Mom |
47 |
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Youngest Mom |
16 |
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First baby or first vaginal birth: |
393 [ 21 % ] |
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Grandmultiparas (more than 7 births): |
164 |
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Twins (19 sets home born): |
25 sets, 24 sets vaginally born |
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Presentation of baby: | |
|---|---|
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Vertex (head down) |
1858 |
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Breech (12 home born) |
28 |
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Mom’s position for vaginal birth: | |
|---|---|
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Side-lying |
585 |
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Semi-sitting |
580 |
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Hands and knees |
341 |
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Supine (lying down) |
151 |
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Upright (standing, squatting or birth stool) |
171 |
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Waterbirths: [around 35% birth in a tub, and most clients labor in the water] |
353 |
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Lacerations with vaginal births: | |
|---|---|
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None or superficial only |
1258 [ 70 % ] |
|
1st degree |
452 |
|
2nd degree (into muscle) |
80 |
|
3rd degree (into rectal sphincter) |
3 |
|
-stitched |
178 |
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Episiotomy and stitches (9 transports; 1 HB) |
10 |
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Rupture of membranes > 24 hours (3 maternal infections): |
111 |
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Males |
997 |
|
Females |
870 |
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Average baby’s weight (range of 3# 12 oz. to 12# 5 oz.): |
7# 12 oz. |
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Males circumsized: |
248 [ 25% ] |
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Births missed by Midwives: |
82 |
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VBACS (vaginal birth after previous csec): [ 88% successful ] |
169 [20 repeat csecs ] |
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Screened out for home birth: |
72 |