Hi -
I have a very specific question, following a conversation with a friend who is currently considering a homebirth.
She hasn't embarked on thorough research yet, and I've no doubt that she will be very meticulous when she does. However, she told me she'd already read somewhere that the postpartum infection rate for homebirths is around 4 percent, compared to 25 percent for hospital births.
I'd be v grateful if anyone can tell me if this is true or not! - and point me towards the source of the info if it is.
I wouldn't be at all suprised if the infection rate is higher for hospital births than homebirths. But that much higher?? For a quarter of women giving birth in hospital to get infections after birth seems extraordinarily high to me....
Thanks in advance.
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Postpartum infection rates - homebirth v hospital
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barkfox · 10/01/2010 14:57
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