Pregnant women at low risk of complications can safely be offered a choice of where to give birth

Friday, November 25, 2011 - 05:30 in Health & Medicine

Women with low risk pregnancies should be able to choose where they give birth, concludes a study published in the British Medical Journal today. Although it shows that first-time mums who opt for a home birth are at a higher risk of adverse outcomes, the overall risk is low in all birth settings.

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