Home Birth

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Books

• Gentle Birth Choices
  • Gentle Birth Choices: A Guide to Making Informed Decisions About Birthing Centers, Birth Attendants, Water Birth, Home Birth, Hospital Birth While this book is not specifically focused on home birth, I think it might be a helpful read.
  • Gentle Birth Choices pb Another place to order this book.
• Home Birth A brief description and ordering information for this book by Nicky Wesson. (Oriented towards the UK, but applicable to other countries.)
• Home Births
  • Home Births "The report of the 1994 confidential enquiry by the National Birthday Trust Fund." Another relevant UK book.
  • Home Births; Chamberlain Another place to by this publication.
• POLLY'S BIRTH BOOK: OBSTETRICS FOR THE HOME A classic.
• Special Delivery The Complete Guide to Informed Birth This is another book not specifically about home birth, but a helpful read, nonetheless.
• UNASSISTED CHILDBIRTH by Laura Kaplan Shanley Information and reviews about this book, which presents another homebirth option. You can also find ordering information here. (This page is found on Laura's website.)

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Comparing Home Birth to Hospital Birth

• Summary of Results of Matched Population Study Comparing Hospital Birth with Home Birth A concise, intelligent look at the two.

General Information

• Home Birth A discussion on the American College of Nurse Midwives' site, giving a good basic overview from the perspective of having a nurse midwife at your homebirth.
• Home Birth Informative and concise discussion of the benefits of home birth. 
• Home Birth A good basic look at the subject, with hotlinks and addresses.
• Home Birth By Choice Decent.
• Homebirth, midwifery in England From Midwifery Today's Site.
• kroger-homebirth A reprint of a presentation given by an M.D. while he was a resident.
• Nick's Homebirth Page I am thrilled that I found Nick's new web address. Here you can find info on joining his homebirth (email) list, and some relevant links. Do check it out.
• Nicky Menzies' Home Page A well-done page put together by a UK midwife.
• Vickie Hall, CPM and Dallas Area Midwife, Answers Your Questions about Midwifery and Homebirth Some good info and other relevant stuff here.
• You may also want to explore my unassisted childbirth links and my Midwifery Page.

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Helpful Sites When Planning A Home Birth

• Alberta Registries Information Page Info on registering a live birth in Alberta.
• Home Birth By Emergency Tips on dealing with this situation, some may be relevant in deliberate home birth.
• Imprint - Birth certificates Tips mostly relevant if you live in the San Diego area.
• Imprint - Things to think about Food for thought on various possible aspects of an upcoming birth including the place for the birth and the placenta.
• Medicaid reimbursement for home births An article detailing success in the Chicago area. This might be helpful if you are trying to make this happen elsewhere.

Home Birth Stories

• To Come.

Organizations

• Far North Queensland Home Birth Group - Cairns An Australian group. Site includes basic contact info.
• Home Birth Association of Ireland An extensive site.
• Home Midwifery Association (QLD) Inc.- More Homebirth Resources Lots of contact info for Australia.
• HOMEBIRTH NETWORK OF SA INC. Contact information for another Australian group.

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People Who Offer Home Births

• George B. Elvove, M.D. / Home Birth A doctor that specializes in home birth. (From Libertyville, IL.)
• Homebirth in Southern Nevada A Las Vegas midwife. 
• Homefirst Health Services Home Page A doctors' home birth service in the Chicago area.
• Vickie Hall, CPM and Dallas Area Midwife, Answers Your Questions about Midwifery and Homebirth Some good info and other relevant stuff here.
• See also my Midwife Home Pages page, and another place to look would be my Regional Resources page.

Personal Experience and Opinion

• HOMEBIRTH: A DISAPPEARING OPTION A very opinionated article!
• Imprint - Home Birth, discovering philosophy One woman's thoughts. 
• Miriam Jackson's Home Page Not much info, but cute pictures of two homebirthed kids. (Couldn't resist.)
• SageLine - SeptemberAugust, 1996 The author takes a thoughtful look at her thoughts about, and experience of, homebirth.
• See also the Home Birth Story Links on this page.

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The Safety of Home Birth

• Corroborating Citations on the Safety of Homebirth Look at these.
• The GP's guide to home birth [32-8] An excellent article in the UK's Bandolier.
• The Safety of Home Birth A list of research that has been done that support the safety of homebirth.

Studies, Papers, and Other Home Birth Literature

• The GP's guide to home birth [32-8] An excellent article in the UK's Bandolier.
• Home Birth - an Introduction for Student Midwives Reprint of a brochure discussing homebirth in Ireland.
• Home Birth Literature Review From the midwives at the Farm.
• The Safety of Home Birth A list of research that has been done that support the safety of homebirth.

Why Have a Home Birth?

• Why choose home birth Another excellent article by the Home Birth Association of Ireland.
• Why Homebirth One midwife's views.

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