DID YOU KNOW??

Midwives are the most common birth attendants in the world...

There are over 1300 Certified Professional Midwives practicing in the United States...

In the year 2000, the outcomes of Planned Homebirths with a CPM were:

• 98.4% of all mothers were in good health after birth

• 98.3% of all babies were in good health after birth

• 99% initiated breastfeeding and 95.8% were still breastfeeding at 6 weeks!

• 2.1% episiotomy rate compared to the national 33%

• 3.7% C-section rate compared to the national 19% (that was in 2000 - now it is over 30%)

• Infant mortality rate of 1.7/1000 live births (similar to hospital outcomes for low risk moms)

• No maternal deaths