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Outcomes of a Rural Sonoma County Home Birth Practice: 1976–1982
Author(s) -
Koehler Nan Ullrike,
Solomon Donald A.,
Murphy Marilyn
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
birth
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.233
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1523-536X
pISSN - 0730-7659
DOI - 10.1111/j.1523-536x.1984.tb00771.x
Subject(s) - medicine , home birth , obstetrics and gynaecology , obstetrics , pediatrics , pregnancy , childbirth , genetics , biology
Of 741 women who appeared for orientation by an obstetrician/lay midwife, 521 were delivered by them. Of 258 primiparae, 191 had planned home births while 24 were transported to the hospital during labor, and 42 had planned hospital births. Of the multiparae, 233 delivered at home; 2 were transported to the hospital after birth and 3 during labor. Hospital births were planned by 25 multiparae. The cesarean rate was 6.1 per cent. There were 4 premature births (all in hospital and all with normal outcomes), 6 minor malformations, and 3 postpartum infections. The 3 perinatal deaths included a prepartum death at 34 weeks, a stillborn double footling breech with a prolapsed cord, and an infant who was resuscitated at home but died after two weeks of intensive care.