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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let's post some articles on how many women and babies have died because they went to a hospital instead of staying home. I guarantee the number far exceeds the number mentioned in this article. Home births are always safer. Fact. Of course there are a few outliers for whom a hospital birth is necessary, but they're truly outliers. Most home births are safe and most are much safer than being in a germy money making hospital with dozens of hands in the pot, none knowing what the other is doing. Women, especially black women, die in hospitals every day. The United States has the WORST infant mortality rate of ANY developed nation, and we also have the highest rate of hospital births.

Also, it says she wasn't licensed IN THAT STATE, not that she had no training and wasn't licensed at all anywhere.[/quote]

Would love for you to post those articles.  Could you also include your source for these statements?

[i]Home births are always safer. Fact.

Most home births are safe and most are much safer than being in a germy money making hospital with dozens of hands in the pot, none knowing what the other is doing.[/i]

Thanks![/quote]

NP. Hey, I'll take a stab at it!

Oh, shoot. It seems to be backwards.

[quote]Study results showed that planned home birth was associated with a perinatal death rate of 3.9 per 1,000 births, compared with 1.8 per 1,000 planned in-hospital births (adjusted OR = 2.43; 95% CI, 1.37-4.3). 
[I]Risk for perinatal mortality lower for hospital births vs. in-home births[/I].
Snowden JM, et al. N Engl J Med. 2015;doi:10.1056/NEJMsa1501738.
Greene MF, et al. N Engl J Med. 2015;doi:10.1056/NEJMe1511068.

https://www.healio.com/pediatrics/neonatal-medicine/news/online/%7B0faf4b5e-ac09-42d1-8322-32ba6ffb8a76%7D/risk-for-perinatal-mortality-lower-for-hospital-births-vs-in-home-births
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You can find not-very-good studies which show home births are safer, but check the comparison groups. They are not comparing groups at similar risk levels.[/quote]

Thank you. I was laughing so hard at the “homebirths are always safer. Fact” drivel that I couldn’t get it together long enough to write a coherent response.

I can’t believw there are people out there who actually think homebirth is safer. It boggles the mind. [/quote]

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