UK Wedding News
18/11/2014
According to new figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), in 2013, 2.3% of women giving birth did so at home. This is the same rate as 2012. This compares to 1960, when 33% of women gave birth at home.
Last year women aged between 35 and 39 had the highest percentage of births at home (2.9%), while women aged 45 or over had the lowest percentage (0.9%).
Carmel Lloyd, Head of Education at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), commented: "The evidence shows that women in these age groups tend to have more complications in pregnancy but this does not mean they cannot or should not have a home birth.
"Every woman's situation is different and I would encourage these women to discuss the evidence and their options with their midwife."
Elsewhere, there were 698,512 live births in England and Wales in 2013 – of which 340,129 were girls and 358,383 were boys. Out of every 1,000 women giving birth last year, 15.6 had a multiple birth, down from 16.1 in 2011.
10,783 mothers had a multiple birth in 2013; 10,593 women had twins, 187 had triplets and three had quads and above. The ONS has said multiple births include stillbirths. For women aged 45 or over, they were found to be the most likely to have a multiple birth, with 95.0 out of every 1,000 women.
Ms Lloyd also described the home birth figures as "encouraging", but added that the organisation would like to see the rate increase.
"Although there may be a number of reasons why women choose to have a home birth but do not have one, I am concerned that some women may be denied this choice because of midwife shortages," she said.
(JP/MH)
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Number Of Home Births Remains The Same – ONS
The number of women choosing to have a home birth in England and Wales has remained the same for the second consecutive year, it has been revealed.According to new figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), in 2013, 2.3% of women giving birth did so at home. This is the same rate as 2012. This compares to 1960, when 33% of women gave birth at home.
Last year women aged between 35 and 39 had the highest percentage of births at home (2.9%), while women aged 45 or over had the lowest percentage (0.9%).
Carmel Lloyd, Head of Education at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), commented: "The evidence shows that women in these age groups tend to have more complications in pregnancy but this does not mean they cannot or should not have a home birth.
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"Every woman's situation is different and I would encourage these women to discuss the evidence and their options with their midwife."
Elsewhere, there were 698,512 live births in England and Wales in 2013 – of which 340,129 were girls and 358,383 were boys. Out of every 1,000 women giving birth last year, 15.6 had a multiple birth, down from 16.1 in 2011.
10,783 mothers had a multiple birth in 2013; 10,593 women had twins, 187 had triplets and three had quads and above. The ONS has said multiple births include stillbirths. For women aged 45 or over, they were found to be the most likely to have a multiple birth, with 95.0 out of every 1,000 women.
Ms Lloyd also described the home birth figures as "encouraging", but added that the organisation would like to see the rate increase.
"Although there may be a number of reasons why women choose to have a home birth but do not have one, I am concerned that some women may be denied this choice because of midwife shortages," she said.
(JP/MH)
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