Homebirth Resources

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Information for spouse and family

Informing and Educating Family About Your Birth Choices / Mama Birth
All That Matters is a Healthy Husband (or: why giving birth matters) / Molly Remer, MSW, ICCE
“I wish I could have a home birth but my partner won’t have it!” Facing the spousal objection. / Evelyn Ojeda-Fox
The 7 Secrets Of Being A Homebirth Dad / Ven Batista
Podcast: The One About Getting Your Partner “On Board” With Homebirth / Maryn Green
Husbands and Home Birth: A Call for Women to Educate Men / Kathleen Quiring
A Dad’s Journey into Homebirth / Jason Leister
Qualitative study – Fathers have a positive experience of homebirth
From Medical to Homebirth a father's journey / Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond
Postpartum Visitors (How to Be a Good One...and a Bad One) Zen Parenting

Listen to a pregnancy, birth & beyond podcast on homebirth

Listen to "From Medical to Home Birth, Annalee interviews her partner Danny on fatherhood." on Spreaker.

HOMEBIRTH articles and podcasts

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The Myth of A Safer Hospital Birth for Low Risk Pregnancies / Judy Cohain, CNM
“If I were at home, I would have died” — The trouble with extrapolating hospital birth events to homebirth / Erin Ellis, Midwife
Home Birth Isn’t Just For Hippies; It’s For Moms Who Want The Safest Delivery Possible / Elizabeth Nolan Brown
Thank goodness I had a homebirth! My baby would have died if I’d given birth in a hospital!! / Vita Mutari
Actually, Home Birth Mothers Still Love Their Kids and Care About Their Safety / Mama Birth
Natural Childbirth: Is homebirth more dangerous than hospital birth? / Chris Kessler, L.Ac
The Portable Office: A Peek Into a Homebirth A Peek into a Midwife’s Homebirth Bag / Regina Willette, Midwifery Today
Homebirth, Now and Then / Diane Goslin, Midwifery Today”
Birth is a Feminist Issue / Dr Sophie Brock
Why does Australia fear home births? / Nicole Rodwell, Essential Baby
Homebirth / Raising Children Network
50 years on, we’re still fighting for women’s childbirth rights / Angela Davis, The Conversation
The paradox of ‘safer’ childbirth / Sheila Wayman, The Irish Times
Hope for homebirths / Celina Ribeiro, The Saturday Paper
Do not intervene to speed up birth unless real risks involved, advises WHO / Sarah Boseley, The Guardian
I had a home birth, and I'm not stupid - or brave / Sarah Bregel, Essential Baby
Home Birth: The Forgotten, Natural Way / Sandy Le Berre, Journey of a Spoiled Mum
Natural Pain Relief During Childbirth / Natural Mama NZ
New Mama Survival Guide: Simple Tips for Going Natural Melanie Mayo-Laakso / Mothering.com
Preparing Siblings for a Homebirth / The Hippie Housewife
Home birth with midwife just as safe as hospital, McMaster study finds / Sheryl Ubelacker, The Canadian Press
Birth – a choice worth protecting / Martin Oliver, Living Now
I’m Not Trying For A Homebirth, I’m Having One / Luschka, Diary of a First Child
You are the expert in your pregnancy / Samantha Gunn, Doula
Home Birth Can Be Appealing, But How Safe Is It? / Lesley McClurg, NPR
Planned homebirth as safe as hospital birth, new study / Ariane Beeston, Essential Baby
Birthing at home/ Elsie, homebirth mama

LATEST AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH

Maternal and perinatal outcomes by planned place of birth in Australia 2000 – 2012: a linked population data study

Published in October 2019, this retrospective study reveals the first Australia-wide evidence on the relative safety of planned birth in hospital, a birth centre and at home. It looked at over 1.25 million Australian births and concluded that homebirth is in fact a safe option for mother and baby in low risk pregnancies.