ReviewInternational journal of women's health2015
Planned home birth: benefits, risks, and opportunities.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 153 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of birth trauma in the Middle East.BMC women's health · 2025Pooled it
- Strategies to increase uptake of maternal pertussis vaccination.Expert review of vaccines · 2021Pooled it
- Experiences of Women Who Opt for a Planned Home Birth After a Previous Hospital Birth: A Qualitative Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2026Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with institutional delivery in rural Afghanistan: secondary analysis of the 2022-2023 multiple indicator cluster survey.Reproductive health · 2026Article
- Selective nonreporting of 5-min Apgar scores and its safety assessment of out-of-hospital births: a population-based study of United States' birth data, 2016-2023 a population based study.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Article
- Kernicterus Continues to Occur in the USA Despite Concerted Preventive Efforts.Case reports in pediatrics · 2026Article
- "The Very Best That It Could Be and a Lot Better Than I Would Have Imagined": Birthing People's Experiences of Transfer From Community to Hospital.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2025Article
- Exploring Maternal Autonomy, Respect, and Satisfaction During Childbirth: Insights From Home Birth Experiences.Cureus · 2025Article
- Give birth in rural hometowns or urban areas? Place of delivery among rural migrant working mothers in the Pearl river delta, China.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Exploring midwifery students' experiences of clinical training in planned home birth: A qualitative study.European journal of midwifery · 2025Article
- Being in the zone during physiological birth: a comparative study of hospital and home birth environments.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Determinants of Place of Delivery Among Migrant Working Mothers in China.International journal of women's health · 2025Article
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- EMS Interventions during Planned Out-of-Hospital Births with a Midwife: A Retrospective Analysis over Four Years in the Polish Population.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Challenges and lessons learned birthing during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review.Health science reports · 2023Article
- The perfect birth: a content analysis of midwives' posts about birth on Instagram.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Observational
- Using geographically weighted regression analysis to assess predictors of home birth hot spots in Ethiopia.PloS one · 2023Article
- A lack of reproductive agency in facility-based births makes home births a first choice regardless of potential risks and medical needs-a qualitative study among multiparous women in Somaliland.Global health action · 2022Article
- Smooth Transitions: Enhancing Interprofessional Collaboration when Planned Community Births Transfer to Hospital Care.Journal of midwifery & women's health · 2022Article
- Cost analysis of planned out-of-hospital births in Italy.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2022Article
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Abstract
While the number of women in developed countries who plan a home birth is low, the number has increased over the past decade in the US, and there is evidence that more women would choose this option if it were readily available. Rates of planned home birth range from 0.1% in Sweden to 20% in the Netherlands, where home birth has always been an integrated part of the maternity system. Benefits of planned home birth include lower rates of maternal morbidity, such as postpartum hemorrhage, and perineal lacerations, and lower rates of interventions such as episiotomy, instrumental vaginal birth, and cesarean birth. Women who have a planned home birth have high rates of satisfaction related to home being a more comfortable environment and feeling more in control of the experience. While maternal outcomes related to planned birth at home have been consistently positive within the literature, reported neonatal outcomes during planned home birth are more variable. While the majority of investigations of planned home birth compared with hospital birth have found no difference in intrapartum fetal deaths, neonatal deaths, low Apgar scores, or admission to the neonatal intensive care unit, there have been reports in the US, as well as a meta-analysis, that indicated more adverse neonatal outcomes associated with home birth. There are multiple challenges associated with research designs focused on planned home birth, in part because conducting randomized controlled trials is not feasible. This report will review current research studies published between 2004 and 2014 related to maternal and neonatal outcomes of planned home birth, and discuss strengths, limitations, and opportunities regarding planned home birth.
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