Approximately 0.5% of US births occur at home, of which about three-quarters are low low-risk, single-baby births planned in advance as home deliveries. A study published in the peer-reviewed American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (AJOG), researchers from Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, examined the results of multiple studies worldwide. They report that less medical intervention, characteristic of planned home births, is associated with a tripling of the neonatal mortality rate compared to planned hospital deliveries...
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