Give birth at home or in hospital? The dilemma of pregnancy it should be less for new mothers. A recent study says that women who give birth for the first time and do it at home are nearly three times more likely to suffer complications if they go to a hospital. The baby born at home are more likely to suffer from lack of oxygen in the delivery According to the study, conducted at the University of Oxford , babies born at home are 2.8 times more likely to suffer from anxiety problems or lack of oxygen during birth. These risks may reach the fetus result in death , death in the first week, brain injuries, fractures and faeces in the lungs. The serious problems of this type are rare and occur only 3.5 times per 1,000 births in an obstetric unit of any hospital. However, the study reveals that the figure rises to 9.5 per 1,000 babies if the mother chooses a home birth.
No differences in low-risk pregnancies
The work points out the risks for mothers, clarifies, however, that in low-risk deliveries there is little difference between giving birth in hospitals or at home with the help of a midwife. The work, led by Peter Brocklehurst, director of the Institute Health of Women in the University College Hospital in London, and published in the British Medical Journal , was made on the basis of 65,000 births classified as low risk. "I would never say that a woman should give birth in a place particular, but I hope this will give women more information to make an appropriate decision , "said Brocklehurst.
