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This past Friday, the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology released an article online about a study–more accurately, a meta-analysis–by Dr. Joseph R. Wax of the obstetrics and gynecology department at Maine Medical Center and his colleagues. The analysis reached the loud conclusion that homebirth, while having significantly better intervention and morbidity rates than planned hospital birth, had a threefold neonatal mortality rate. This is in sharp contrast to previous studies that have been done on the subject, which reached the conclusion that homebirth is as safe as a hospital birth for low-risk women. Bad news for homebirth supporters, right?
…Not exactly.
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