Two new studies from Canada and the Netherlands found that home births were as safe as hospital births among low-risk women," USA Today reports that a spokeswoman for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, "argues that the findings can't be extrapolated to the USA." She points out that in those countries, "midwives who attend home births must have at least a bachelor's degree, which is not the case for all US midwives." In fact, "they have varied educational backgrounds, ranging from self-study to college- and university-based midwifery programs." Still, "ACOG shouldn't confuse the site of a birth with the qualifications of the midwife attending it," says Lorrie Kaplan, of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. Comment: When in medical school in London in the early 1950s I was taught deliveries at homer by a nurse midwife (what today would be a master’s level MWF). It is the training rather than the site that makes most home deliveries safe.
Studies seen as fueling home birth debate.
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