The Royal Surrey County Hospital Maternity Guideline – Home Birth
Chamberlain G., Wraight A., Crowley P (1997) Home Births: the report of the 1994 confidential enquiry by the National Birthday Trust Fund. Parthenon Publishing Group: London/New York
Hutton et al (2019) Perinatal or neonatal mortality among women who intend at the onset of labour to give birth at home compared to women of low obstetrical risk who intend to give birth in hospital: A systematic review and meta-analyses The Lancet Vol 14: p59-70
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Royal College of Midwives Joint Statement on Homebirth No. 2 April 2007.
RCM (2002) position paper 25: Home Birth. RCM: London
NICE Guideline: 190 Intrapartum Care 2014
Perinatal and maternal outcomes by planned place of birth for healthy women with low risk pregnancies: the Birthplace in England national prospective cohort study. BMJ2011;343doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d7400
Reitsma (2020) Maternal outcomes and birth interventions among women who begin labour intending to give birth at home compared to women of low obstetrical risk who intend to give birth in hospital: A systematic review and meta-analyses The Lancet Vol 21, 100319
Home birth reference sites:
http://www.birthchoiceuk.com/HomeBirth.htm
http://www.birthpoolinabox.co.uk
National Childbirth Trust http://www.nct.org.uk>birth
MIDIRS – Website http://www.infochoice.org
NICE Guidelines http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index
surreyhillshomebirth.org 