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You
might be interested in this circular that has just come out of the Nursing and
Midwifery Council in the http://www.nmc-uk.org/aFrameDisplay.aspx?DocumentID=1446 There
are some lovely quotes: “Midwives are experts in normal birth and the NMC's
standards require them to be competent to support women to give birth normally
in a variety of settings including in the home.” “Withdrawal
of a home birth service is no less significant than withdrawal of services for
hospital birth” “Research
over the last couple of decades suggests that home birth is as least as safe as
hospital-based birth for healthy women with normal pregnancies.” Debbie
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