In a large-scale study of scientists from the Netherlands, which involved more than 500,000 women, it was proved that there is no significant difference between planned birth in the maternity home and planned home births if women give birth under the supervision of experienced midwives.

The latest issue of the British Journal of Obstetrics published a study of Dutch scientists in which they analyzed whether the difference between home birth and delivery in the hospital. In the course of the study, scientists for seven years considered information about the birth of more than half a million women with a normal course of pregnancy. Of these, 321307 women planned to give birth at home, 163261 - in the maternity hospital, and 45120 women did not have preferences. Scientists have taken into account the number of deaths of babies born at home and in the hospital who died during childbirth, within 24 hours after childbirth and during the following week. Also, the researchers compared the number of cases of newborns falling into resuscitation.

"We did not find a significant difference between the planned birth of the house and the scheduled delivery in the hospital," experts concluded.. This study showed, they believe, that at birth in the home and in the hospital, the risk of infant death in women who had a normal course of pregnancy was the same if experienced midwives. Similar studies were conducted earlier, but they were much less extensive.

In the Netherlands, about 30% of women prefer to give birth at home.

According to experts, at home the woman's births are easier and more natural, and future mothers are more satisfied with childbirth. And, if there were doubts about the safety of home births, now they should be dispelled, say scientists. By their research, they proved that planned home births under the supervision of a professional obstetrician are safe for women who are not at risk, and have confirmed the safety of such births for newborns health. sumy. ua.

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