Home births: Then and now

ScienceDaily (Nov. 30, 2011) — A comparison of home-birth trends of the 1970s finds many similarities -- and some differences -- related to current trends in home births.For instance, in the 1970s -- as now -- women opting to engage in home births tended to have higher levels of education. That's according to a 1978 survey by Home Oriented Maternity Experience (HOME) that was recently found by University of Cincinnati historian Wendy Kline in the archives of the American Congress of Obstetricians...

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