04/09/2025
This video provides details on a large U.S. study showing that with proper precautions, low-risk home births are as safe as births in accredited birth centers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8hnM98PVD8
The key takeaway for me is that the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists disapproves of home births on grounds they aren’t as safe as hospital births. They don’t object, though, to births in accredited birth centers. (See ""Obstetric Care Consensus #9: Levels of Maternal Care"" https://bit.ly/4l97izj ) But if ACOG accepts that birth center births are safe, and home births are shown to be equally safe, it logically follows that ACOG’s position on home births isn’t supported.
For more on the home birth controversy, check out: https://hencigoer.com/out-of-hospital-birth/
