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P L A C E O F B I R T H

Midwife Led Obstetric
Home
Unit Unit

Where should I decide Gas & Air (N2)) Yes Yes Yes

to have my baby?? Tens Machine Yes Take from home Take from home

Pethidine Yes Yes Yes

Diamorphine ? Yes Yes
Home – not synonymous with free birth and
many people are unaware of the support
available to them at home Epidural No Yes (some) Yes

Birth Pool Yes Yes (limited) Some
Midwife Led Unit - staffed by midwives and
can be free standing or a separate department Bag & Mask Yes Yes Yes
within a hospital

1 to 1 care Yes (2 to 1) (Yes) (Yes)
Obstetrics unit - Obstetricians work in an
obstetric unit in a hospital, although most of the Consistency of care Yes Some Some
time midwives will be caring for a woman
Privacy Yes (Yes) (yes)

Father present Yes Yes (Yes)

Weigh risks and benefits of each birth Food Yes (Yes) (Yes)
setting

Stitching (if required) (Yes) (Yes) Yes
Birthplace in England Research Programme
shows lowest rate of intervention in home Injection for haemorrhage Yes Yes Yes
birth setting

Research published by Lancet