Home birth
A home birth is a woman choosing to give birth at the place where she lives, rather than a hospital. This was normal until the middle of the 19th century. The term was coined at the same time as when births began to take place in hospitals.[1] A midwife will usually help the woman giving birth.
Home Birth Media
Homebirth State Data 2009 Map
Practicing as a direct-entry midwife was illegal in states shown here in red in 2006
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References
- ↑ MacDorman, Marian F.. Recent Trends in Out-of-Hospital Births in the United States. Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health 58 (5) (2014). p. 494–501. doi:10.1111/jmwh.12092.
