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Horsham parents reunite with SECAmb clinicians after emergency home birth
29 Jan 2026 17:45 GMT
… first baby during an emergency home birth and treated a serious postpartum … first baby during an emergency home birth and treated a serious … as soon as it was safe to do so.”
Postpartum … providing urgent care and arranging safe transfer to hospital. This fast …
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Women blocked from asking health chiefs about home births suspension
29 Jan 2026 06:51 GMT
… blocked from asking about home births suspension
Campaigners were blocked … ).
Home births were suspended in the county in November after safety concerns … the services they provide are safe.
“That's why … ;re providing is as safe as it possibly possibly can …
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Rep. Bliss proposes midwife reforms after home birth tragedy
27 Jan 2026 21:35 GMT
… standards through apprenticeships and certification. Home births account for between 0.50 … improve safety.
National Center for Health Statistics data shows that home births in … . For low-risk pregnancies, planned home births have outcomes similar to birth …
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Patient Safety Watch: The deeply concerning state of home birth services
23 Jan 2026 15:13 GMT
… been raising concerns about the safety of home birth services for years. The … a quarter did not feel safe themselves. Around one in five … place of birth would be safe.
The NCT is calling for … said there can be “no safe, dignified care” in corridors and …
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Newborn baby girl died following botched home birth because midwives were stretched over Bank Holiday weekend
22 Jan 2026 20:22 GMT
… services, opted for a home birth because they believed it … midwives to accommodate two home births at the same time. … organising staff rotas; the home birth risk assessment documentation was not … for the midwives to escalate safety concerns; there was not …
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Derek Hough’s Wife Hayley on Skipping 'Pain Management' in Favor of Home Birth
21 Jan 2026 16:48 GMT
Derek Hough and wife Hayley Erbert reflected on how welcoming their rainbow baby at home meant she couldn’t get any pain management or epidural.
“You don’t know what sounds you can make until you have a child,” Erbert, 31, told People in an interview …
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More and more women like me are hiring doulas. Is it safe?
28 Jan 2026 02:00 GMT
… brain injury after an attempted home birth in Hampshire.
• Death of … birth by Maternity & Newborn Safety Investigations identified 12 cases in … do have a passion for home births without medical intervention. It … in order to be deemed safe, and that as a …
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Woman's inquest records medical misadventure after she died using HSE home-birth service
14 Jan 2026 22:03 GMT
… .
Ms Liston opted for a home birth in accordance with HSE protocols … giving birth under the HSE home-birth guidelines and was using a … that she would have been safe in the hands of the … family.
The HSE Mid West home birth service across Limerick, Clare and …
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Verdict of medical misadventure at inquest of mother who died in HSE home birth service
14 Jan 2026 19:44 GMT
… Kilmallock.
Liston opted for a home birth in accordance with HSE protocols … giving birth under the HSE home-birth guidelines and was using … that she would have been safe in the hands of the … family.
The HSE Mid West home birth service across Limerick, Clare …
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'Our lives are shattered' - say family of Limerick woman who died after home birth
14 Jan 2026 14:14 GMT
… , they were approved for a home birth.
As labour started and they … .
After their son was born safe and well, he said his …