Hospital Birth Comparison
A high level metareview article compared traditional hospital births with "home-like" settings in or near conventional hospital labor wards. In comparison with traditional hospital wards, home-like settings had a trend towards an increase in spontaneous vaginal birth, breastfeeding at six to eight weeks, and a positive view of care. The study also found that having a birth at an alternative birth center decreased the likelihood of the use of an epidural, oxytocin, and an episiotomy. There was no effect found on serious perinatal or maternal morbidity/mortality, other adverse neonatal outcomes, or postpartum hemorrhage.
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