New Study: Continuity of care with a midwife reduces preterm birth by 45%. So why aren’t we doing it?

New Study: Continuity of care from community-based midwives reduces risk of preterm birth by 45%. Find out why this matters at https://microbiomeplan.com

A new study has just been published in BJOG showing that community based continuity of care with a midwife reduces preterm birth by 45%.

So why aren’t we doing it?

This blog includes a summary of the main study findings and my own Take-Home Message. Would love to know what you think!

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The Study:

The new study was by researchers at King’s College London who looked at 6,600 pregnancies in South London, UK from 2018–2020.

The study looked at a community-based continuity of care by a midwife where a woman sees the same team of…