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Monday, August 29, 2011

Homebirth stats

I found a blog written recently that showed a very good look at different stats and research into homebirth.  Since this is not really my area of expertise, I thought I'd pass it on.  I felt like it was very well done and well stated.

Birth Unplugged: Homebirth research
Posted by Rachel at 10:57 PM

2 comments:

Brittany said...

Thank you for linking to my blog, Rachel :) After reading all the comments that have been posted, I feel like the research we have brings up more questions than it answers!

August 30, 2011 at 10:39 AM
Rachel said...

Absolutely! I feel that way about any research I review. I come away with more questions than answers:)

August 30, 2011 at 2:24 PM

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