Tag Archives: home birth

Home Births Up 29% from 2004-2009

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Robin

A new CDC report looks at the trends of home birth from 1990-2009. While home birth was relatively stable from 1990-2004, after that there was a 29% rise in the number of home births, though still a very low number.  … Continue reading →

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Is natural birth the latest fad?

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Lori

New government statistics show that from 2004 through 2008, the incidence of home births grew by a whopping 20 percent. Home births, however, still only comprise barely 1% of all births in the U.S., so that increase is measured in … Continue reading →

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Home Birth Featured in New Pampers Commercial

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Robin

Check this new commercial from Pampers out: Is home birth becoming more main stream? Is Pampers trying to reach out to moms who might otherwise be more likely to cloth diaper? What’s up with this? Share your thoughts in the … Continue reading →

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Husbands and Home Birth

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Robin

“You call her [the midwife] right now.  I’ve done a lot of crazy [insert expletive] in my life but I am NOT delivering a baby.” Guest Post by Alyssa Chirco This was my husband’s response when I realized that the … Continue reading →

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I Want a Home Birth…Next Time.

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Midwife Miriam

If I had a dollar for every woman I have heard say “I want a home birth, but the first one is going to be in the hospital, JUST IN CASE” I’d be a midwife with a lot more dollars. … Continue reading →

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Who deserves a good birth?

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Midwife Miriam

My first day as a midwifery student at my preceptors birth center I was informed that they did not accept clients who were not planning to exclusively breastfeed. Being the breastfeeding advocate that I am and the doe eye’d student … Continue reading →

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Have you hugged a midwife today?

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Robin

It’s the International Day of the Midwife and I’d like to give a huge shout out to my midwife, J.   I’ve known J for a long time.  She was not my first midwife, but my longest midwife.  Her first … Continue reading →

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Women’s History Blog Carnival

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Robin

It only seemed fitting that for Women’s History month that we did a tribute to the women who have led the way in birth. While it may seem ironic that we would need to be told how to give birth, … Continue reading →

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CDC Releases Home Birth Data

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Danielle

Today the Center for Disease Control and Prevention released some much anticipated data regarding home birth from 1990 to 2006. Inside the released data, it showed an increasing trend in out of hospital births.  Home births rose about 5% from … Continue reading →

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