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Mydomesticchurch bookmarked on 2009-11-05 birth childbirth midwifery

This is scary - Wadsworth closes its birthing center just like Cuyahoga Falls did last year. Rosie was born at CF and I received wonderful care and attention. It really was as close to being at home as it could have been (and I have done homebirth before so I have a realistic impression of it.)

But why does it cost so much or need so many deliveries to stay solvent? (malpractice? inflation?) With 1000 deliveries a year women and babies start getting on that medicalized treadmill that the Business of Being Born exposed. The economy and the closing of small community hospital OB wards might help bring midwifery and homebirth into the forefront.

  • Experts say hospitals typically must have at least 1,000 deliveries a year to break even or profit from their maternity services.





    ''There was no way for us to get to the number of deliveries we would need to make this a viable opportunity for us,'' Pope said.

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  • 05 Nov 09
    mydomesticchurch
    Elena LaVictoire

    This is scary - Wadsworth closes its birthing center just like Cuyahoga Falls did last year. Rosie was born at CF and I received wonderful care and attention. It really was as close to being at home as it could have been (and I have done homebirth before so I have a realistic impression of it.)

    But why does it cost so much or need so many deliveries to stay solvent? (malpractice? inflation?) With 1000 deliveries a year women and babies start getting on that medicalized treadmill that the Business of Being Born exposed. The economy and the closing of small community hospital OB wards might help bring midwifery and homebirth into the forefront.

    birth childbirth midwifery

    • Experts say hospitals typically must have at least 1,000 deliveries a year to break even or profit from their maternity services.





      ''There was no way for us to get to the number of deliveries we would need to make this a viable opportunity for us,'' Pope said.