More and more pregnant people are planning births outside of hospitals, but at what risk?

A recent study led by Ph.D. in Epidemiology candidate Marion Granger Howard and published in JAMA Pediatrics compared the health outcomes of planned hospital births vs. planned community births (i.e., ...

Critical training, equipment helps ER nurses prepare for emergency births

Thanks to critical technology and training, nurses in the Emergency Departments at Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital in Pittsfield and CA Dean Hospital in Greenville are able to help deliver ...

Half of rural South Carolina families bypass local hospitals to deliver babies in urban settings, with worse outcomes

Rural and maternal health expert Peiyin Hung has published new research on maternal health outcomes based on the hospital ...
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Dartmouth Health launches TeamBirth to enhance patient experience during labor and delivery

In March, Dartmouth Health will officially implement TeamBirth at its member hospitals with labor and delivery services.
Banbury Guardian

'You're not in labour, you're constipated' - Mum who gave birth without a midwife says Banbury needs its full maternity service back

A mother who gave birth in a side room, without a midwife, says Banbury’s Horton hospital needs its full maternity service back.
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Man successfully sues birthing centre because women gave birth too loudly

A man has won a legal dispute against a birthing centre after complaining women in labour were making excessive noise. The ...

‘Sangeetha, all the babies in this room are yours’: A mother writes of the days after giving birth

Just give me my babies safely.” That’s when I realised that the operation theatre was full: medical students, interns and resident doctors. Something like the first day, first show of a Rajinikanth ...