Pregnant women with a low risk of complications during childbirth at home can give birth as safely as they do in the hospital, Dutch scientists reported, according to the Internet publication for girls and women aged 14 to 35 Pannochka. Net The study was conducted in the Netherlands, in a country where home delivery is often practiced. Experts have studied 530 thousand. Cases of taking birth at home. It turned out that there was no difference in the mortality rates of children and mothers compared with the delivery in the hospital. The study was published in a recent issue of BJOG.

British researchers reacted positively to the study of the level of safety of home births. However, experts believe that each case must be approached individually and this method of delivery can not be applied to all women in labor..

If the parturient is healthy and the risk of complications during delivery is minimal, it is possible to perform labor at home, but if there is a risk of complications, then it is necessary to give birth in specialized medical institutions, scientists stressed..

The results of the study will enable more women to make their own choices about where to give birth to their child in the case of a low risk of complications during childbirth, Dutch specialists.

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