Birthing outside the system: Perceptions of risk amongst Australian women who have freebirths and high risk homebirths

Babies born before arrival to hospital and maternity unit closures in Queensland and Australia

“…40 Women perform their own risk analysis with some who have no support for the type of birth they want, choosing to birth outside the system, even when they are having a breech birth, vaginal twin birth or vaginal birth after caesarean section. 40 In order to compare across papers, all BBA percentages have been converted into rates (per 1000). Although the BBA rate is relatively low (ranging from 0.8 to 19.9 of pregnancies), some studies have found an increased trend of babies BBA over time.…”

Decision-making regarding place of birth in high-risk pregnancy: a qualitative study

“…Not all women believe hospital is the safest birth environment. Higher rates of intervention in hospital can be perceived as increasing risk in uncomplicated pregnancy, and this holds even when the pregnancy is already complicated by medical or obstetric factors [2]. Conversely, other women may perceive hospital as the safer option in case of complications in the birth process requiring medical intervention [3].…”

Safe childbirth: Concept Analysis According to the Walker and Avant Method

“…In order to identify risks, potential damage and threats, antecedents were also considered and they can predict and enable professionals to plan the safe childbirth [18,19,20,21]. Practices that favor patient's risk assessment and better implementation of interventions to the knowledge of risk factors and lifestyle can lead to a safe childbirth [22,23].…”