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Reply to Farr et al. Letter (Benyshek et al.)

Creator:: Benyshek, Daniel C., Cheyney, Melissa M., and Bovbjerg, Marit L.
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: births in the United States: the Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project, 2004 to 2009. J

Outcomes of Care for 16,924 Planned Home Births in the United States: The Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project, 2004 to 2009

Creator:: Cheyney, Melissa, Bovbjerg, Marit, Everson, Courtney, Gordon, Wendy, Hannibal, Darcy, and Vedam, Saraswathi
Abstract:: INTRODUCTION: Between 2004 and 2010, the number of home births in the United States rose by 41%, increasing the need for accurate assessment of the safety of planned home birth. This study examines outcomes of planned home births in the United States between 2004 and 2009. METHODS: We calculated descriptive...
Resource Type:: Article

Maternal and Newborn Outcomes Following Waterbirth: The Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project, 2004 to 2009 Cohort

Creator:: Bovbjerg, Marit L., Cheyney, Melissa, and Everson, Courtney
Abstract:: INTRODUCTION: Data on the safety of waterbirth in the United States are lacking. METHODS: We used data from the Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project, birth years 2004 to 2009. We compared outcomes of neonates born underwater waterbirth (n = 6534), neonates not born underwater nonwaterbirth (n = 10,290),...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: used data from the Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project, birth years 2004 to 2009. We

Development and Validation of a National Data Registry for Midwife-Led Births: The Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project 2.0 Dataset

Creator:: Cheyney, Melissa, Bovbjerg, Marit, Everson, Courtney, Gordon, Wendy, Hannibal, Darcy, and Vedam, Saraswathi
Abstract:: INTRODUCTION: In 2004, the Midwives Alliance of North America's (MANA's) Division of Research developed a Web-based data collection system to gather information on the practices and outcomes associated with midwife-led births in the United States. This system, called the MANA Statistics Project (MANA Stats), grew out of a widely acknowledged...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: , 2004–2009: Outcomes of care for 16,924 planned home births in the United States. J Midwifery Wom- ens

Making the Shift: Narratives of Transfer from Planned Home Birth to the Hospital in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Houtman, Leah S.
Abstract:: About 1% of U.S. births each year are planned home births (Vital Statistics Reports 2017). Of these, roughly 10% transfer to a higher level of care during labor (Melissa Cheyney et al. 2014), yet their experiences are rarely heard. Storytelling has long been used not only as entertainment, but as...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Narratives of Transfer from Planned Home Birth to the Hospital in the Pacific Northwest. Abstract

The Blessingway : A Woman's Birth Ritual

Creator:: Biddle, Jeanette M.
Abstract:: This study examines participants' perceptions of the significant messages and meanings communicated to them through the ceremony of the Blessingway (a ritual titled after the Navajo Blessingway), a contemporary women's birth ritual performed by midwives. A narrative approach was used for data gathering based on Fisher's rationale that meaning emerges...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: are in this melting pot of North America. For the moment, I shall continue to borrow, with all due

The political economy of birth choice : mothers' experiences seeking homebirth care in a felonious state

Creator:: Grinager, Grace C.
Abstract:: In this ethnographic study, I examine how women living in downstate Illinois decide to give birth at home. I view decision-making as a process that unfolds throughout pregnancy and continues into the postpartum period, contextualizing "choice" in a region where homebirth is a politically and socially marginalized practice. The methodology...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: processes for women who birth at home in the United States take place within a wider political-economic

"A fragile job" : Haitian traditional midwives (matwons) and the navigation of clinical, spiritual and social risk

Creator:: Watson, Annaliese
Abstract:: Haiti's political and economy history has led to a maternity care system that lies out of reach, geographically and financially, of most Haitians, resulting in excessively high maternal and infant mortality. The most common birth practitioners are homebirth midwives (matwòns), who attend roughly three-fourths of all births in Haiti (UNICEF),...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: those who attend women who birth at home in Haiti. Known as matwòns (the Kreyol translation of

Pushing for natural childbirth : a rhetorical analysis of the alternative birth movement

Creator:: Coffey, Kimberly Ann
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to examine how rhetoric functions in the Alternative Birth Movement (ABM). In particular, communication published by movement leaders will be examined to discover how rhetoric propels the movement from one stage to the next as well as how rhetoric facilitates the goals of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: births and other birth locations led to the rise of the home birth movement in the 1970s, which has

"It's not about place it's about space" : place-of-birth decision-making in Cork, Ireland

Creator:: Houtman, Leah S.
Abstract:: Despite apparently supportive national policies, including nation-wide legalization of home birth and coverage by the national health care system of the costs associated with that option, these births account for less than 1% of all births in the Republic of Ireland. Using data collected during participant observation, both in person...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: unsurprising that the rate of planned home birth in the United States is

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Reply to Farr et al. Letter (Benyshek et al.)

Outcomes of Care for 16,924 Planned Home Births in the United States: The Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project, 2004 to 2009

Maternal and Newborn Outcomes Following Waterbirth: The Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project, 2004 to 2009 Cohort

Development and Validation of a National Data Registry for Midwife-Led Births: The Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project 2.0 Dataset

Making the Shift: Narratives of Transfer from Planned Home Birth to the Hospital in the Pacific Northwest

The Blessingway : A Woman's Birth Ritual

The political economy of birth choice : mothers' experiences seeking homebirth care in a felonious state

"A fragile job" : Haitian traditional midwives (matwons) and the navigation of clinical, spiritual and social risk

Pushing for natural childbirth : a rhetorical analysis of the alternative birth movement

"It's not about place it's about space" : place-of-birth decision-making in Cork, Ireland

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