Did you know…?

• Gentle Spirit Midwifery Service has a 100% breastfeeding Rate!
• And In 2010/2011 we have had 5 successful at home vaginal births after C-section!

Hooray!!

Did You Know:

The average uncomplicated vaginal birth costs 68% less in a home than in a hospital, and births initiated in the home offer a lower combined rate of intrapartum and neonatal mortality and a lower incidence of cesarean delivery
Journal of Nurse-Midwifery. 44(1):30-5, 1999 Jan-Feb.

Planned home birth for low risk women in North America using certified professional midwives was associated with lower rates of medical interventions but similar intrapartum and neonatal mortality to that of low risk hospital births in the United States.
Johnson K, Daviss BA. BMJ. 330(7505):1416-1423, 2005.