Articles and studies about the safety of planned homebirth for heathy, low-risk women.

The Safety of Homebirth

A large number of articles, fact sheets, and handouts on homebirth from Citizen for Midwifery.

British Medical Journal

Conclusion: Planned home birth for low risk women in North America using certified professional midwives was associated with lower rates of medical intervention but similar intrapartum and neonatal mortality to that of low risk hospital births in the United States.

Canadian Medical Association Journal

Conclusion: Planned home birth attended by a registered midwife was associated with very low and comparable rates of perinatal death and reduced rates of obstetric interventions and other adverse perinatal outcomes compared with planned hospital birth attended by a midwife or physician.