Is Birthing Your Child at Home Safe? A Closer Look at Home Births

February 19, 2014

The study followed 17,000 women who gave birth at home 2004 and 2009. Approximately 94% of these women had vaginal births, with less than 5% requiring medication to speed up contractions or the use of an epidural. Researchers say that newborn outcomes in these home births were largely positive. When there were any complications, those occurred more commonly in cases with high-risk mothers: those…

Vicki Clinebell majored in journalism at the University of Colorado and headed to an advertising agency before beginning a long career in broadcasting, spanning production and copywriting to Sales and Management for an ABC affiliate station.

Her decision to switch gears to pursue a career in writing fulfilled a lifelong ambition. She started as a blogger for a diverse group of businesses, and now writes for a number of digital publications for companies stationed in her hometown in the Rocky Mountains, and provides advertising copy and media buys for national and regional clients. She finds the research as intersting as the writing—she loves learning about subjects as diverse as construction scaffolding, child safety seats, and the newest trends in beauty and fashion.