New Study: Women ‘scored’ their experience of home birth 9.7/10 but only 5.5/10 for hospital birth

QUICK SUMMARY: A new study looking at the experience of 141 Irish women who gave birth both at home and also in hospital found that women scored their overall experience of home birth (9.7/10) much higher than hospital birth (5.5/10). In this blog-article, I explain why this matters for the infant microbiome.

Find out more about the science of human milk, birth, neuroscience and the microbiome. 20 PRESENTATIONS + ONE YEAR ACCESS + 12 HOURS CPD/CE + TRANSCRIPTS — instant access to The Microbirth Summit: Buy today and save $50 >>> https://bit.ly/MicrobirthSummit

• Find out more about the science of human milk, birth, neuroscience and the microbiome.
• 20 PRESENTATIONS + ONE YEAR ACCESS + 12 HOURS CPD/CE + TRANSCRIPTS
• Instant access to The Microbirth Summit: Save $50 if you buy the Summit today (discount ends soon)>>> https://bit.ly/MicrobirthSummit

New Study: Homebirth vs hospital birth. Find out more about why this matters at our new international conference 29/30 April 2023. Click this link to join the waitlist to access conference recordings >>> https://bit.ly/microbirth2023

A new study looking at 141 women’s experiences of home birth vs hospital birth in Ireland found that women’s overall experience of giving birth at home ’scored’ much higher than their experience of hospital birth.

The new paper by Gregory S. et al. was published 15th Feb 2023 in Women and Birth: The Journal for the Australian College of Midwives.