03/12/2026
Is home birth safe?
Short answer: Yes.
Long answer: Yes, backed up by up-to-date research evidence and studies.
"The findings of Hutton et al (2019) also confirmed those of the meta-analysis conducted the previous year by Scarf et al (2018).
'This systematic review and meta-analysis further confirmed the safety of home birth for healthy women, even if they are having their first baby.
After comparing data from births planned at home birth, in birth centres and in hospital, researchers found that high-quality studies found no statistically significant difference in infant mortality between the different settings, although women giving birth at home or in birth centres were more likely to have a normal vaginal birth.
In fact, women who planned a home birth were nearly three times more likely to have a normal (that is, non-instrumental) vaginal birth than women planning a hospital birth.” '
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