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Mother's Love Midwifery provides home birth assistance in Michigan. |
Homebirth reduces:
- The risk of infection
- The risk of unnecessary intervention
- Maternal morbidity rates from complications of interventions
Homebirth increases:
- Safe, familiar and private surroundings for labor and birth and postpartum
- Woman-centered care during pregnancy, labor, birth and postpartum
- Family-oriented birth surrounded by family and loved ones
- Immediate bonding and breastfeeding
- Affirmation that birth is a natural and profound life event
www.gentlebirth.org for homebirth safety articles
www.midwiferytoday.com for homebirth safety articles
www.cfmidwifery.org for more info. about midwives and homebirth