Birth at home, if it's safe?

Women, the choice to give birth at home, the child is exposed to a serious risk say researchers. Scientists have studied this problem for over a decade, and a study published in the journal BJOG. Mortality birth at home is relatively small, but if the child needs medical attention and must be transported to the hospital - the risk increases by an average of eight times the women give birth in hospitals. Less than 2% of women currently give the choice to birth at home. Scientists have studied all cases of home births in England and Wales in the period 1994-2003. The mortality rate of women giving birth at home was lower than that of women in labor in the hospital. According to scientists, this is not surprising since the birth at home agree, in general, women with a low risk of complications. If there are complications and the child needs to hospital, the risk of death increases to be transported several times. According to scientists, women can choose how and where they give birth, but it should also be of what the consequences could be expected of it informs. It is not always possible, with all the complications faced woman predict in labor. Therefore the choice of a home birth, they should know that grow in case of complications, the risk of death of her child by an average of eight times compared to females at birth in maternity wards and hospitals.