High Desert Midwifery's Homebirth Statistics
Statistics for the last 6 yrs and 400 births (2014-Dec 2020):
(9/2021-We are in the process of reviewing/updating stats below; stay tuned..)
Transfer rate:
Antenatal (Prenatal): 4%
Intrapartum (in labour): 2%
Immediate postpartum: 4.7%
C-Section rate: 1%
3 newborn NICU admissions
4 Surprise Breech deliveries (3 waterbirths)
Maternal Deaths: 0
Neonatal Deaths: 0
All mothers who transferred Antenatally and in labour were co-managed by an OB or a hospital-based CNM. After birth and once discharged home, I resumed care.
All clients except one in the postpartum category were discharged back home in my care within 4 hrs of transferring in.
More on the safety of Homebirth:
mana.org/healthcare-policy/homebirth-position-paper
MANA STATS: stats of homebirths across the US
Advocacy: Consensus Statement of Physiologic Birth
Statistics for the last 6 yrs and 400 births (2014-Dec 2020):
(9/2021-We are in the process of reviewing/updating stats below; stay tuned..)
Transfer rate:
Antenatal (Prenatal): 4%
Intrapartum (in labour): 2%
Immediate postpartum: 4.7%
C-Section rate: 1%
3 newborn NICU admissions
4 Surprise Breech deliveries (3 waterbirths)
Maternal Deaths: 0
Neonatal Deaths: 0
All mothers who transferred Antenatally and in labour were co-managed by an OB or a hospital-based CNM. After birth and once discharged home, I resumed care.
All clients except one in the postpartum category were discharged back home in my care within 4 hrs of transferring in.
More on the safety of Homebirth:
mana.org/healthcare-policy/homebirth-position-paper
MANA STATS: stats of homebirths across the US
Advocacy: Consensus Statement of Physiologic Birth
