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The Truth About Birth
 
 
 
  • The United States ranks 26th in Women's health care compared to other developed countries in the world and 30th in Children's health care.

 

  • There is NOT a single report in scientific literature that shows obstetricians to be safter than midwives for low-risk pregnancy and birth.

 

  • 75% of all women have low-risk pregnancies.

 

  • Induction of Labor in 2005 was 222.7 out of every 1,000 births.

 

  • Half to three-quarters of all women in America birthing their first baby in a hospital will have an episiotomy with a physician.

 

  • One in every four women will have a complication from an epidural.

 

  • There is a 4 - 8 times greater chance of dying from a c-section than giving birth vaginally.

 

  • The national c-section rate as of 2006 was 31.1%

 

  • Studies show that not only is it possible to have a VBAC but that the risks are roughly the same as a c-section.

 

  • 350 to 1,000 women die every year in the United States around the time of birth.

 

  • The United States has 35,000 Obstetricians and about 5,000 Midwives.

 

  • Great Britain has 32,000 Midwives and less than 1,000 Obstetricians.

 

  • If midwives attended 75% of the births in the US it would save $13 BILLION to $20 BILLION a year.

 

  • Recognizing the evidence that births to healthy mothers, who are not considered at medical risk after comprehensive screening by trained professionals, can occur safely in various settings including out-of-hospital birth centers and homes . . . Therefore, APHA ( American Public Health Assoc.) supports efforts to increase access to out-of-hospital maternity care services.