As Home Births Rise, Pediatricians Group Sets New Guidelines by Linda Carroll. April 28, 2013.
Policy Statement: Planned Home Birth. American Academy Of Pediatrics. April 29, 2013.
While still advocating the hospital as the safest place to deliver, the American Academy of Pediatrics has released guidelines to insure that home birth will, to the extent possible, will be as safe as hospital births. The article presents some of the details of the guidelines including when to test for blood sugar for example. The second link presents the entire statement.
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