New study: – Women who give birth at home, have a lower risk of complications – Dagbladet.no

New study: – Women who give birth at home, have a lower risk of complications – Dagbladet.no

A Norwegian study shows that there are fewer complications during home birth compared with hospital birth, has been an important contribution to the UK now recommend pregnant women to give birth at home.

It is professor Ellen Blix who for decades have gathered facts about home births Norway.

– Women who give birth at home, have a lower risk of complications and less need for interventions like caesarean and suction-redemption, says Blix told NRK.

According to the broadcaster, her research has been an important contribution to the new British guidelines on home births, which was introduced in December.

If both mother and child are healthy before birth, recommends British health officials now that women in England and Wales gives birth at home or in a maternity ward.

Blix study also shows that women who give birth at home also rarer experiencing complications excessive bleeding and birth tears than women planning hospital birth.

– The figures from my research shows that it is not dangerous to give birth at home for women with a lavrisikograviditet. Obviously, this is conditional on have the opportunity to be reallocated to a hospital if complications arise, says Blix.

(NTB)