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Babies delivered at home by midwives are almost four times more likely to die soon after birth than if they were delivered in a hospital, according to a database study. The difference appears to be more related to location than to attendant training, study investigator Dr. Amos Grunebaum explained in a video interview, because when home births go wrong, help is just too far away.

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Babies delivered at home by midwives are almost four times more likely to die soon after birth than if they were delivered in a hospital, according to a database study. The difference appears to be more related to location than to attendant training, study investigator Dr. Amos Grunebaum explained in a video interview, because when home births go wrong, help is just too far away.

Babies delivered at home by midwives are almost four times more likely to die soon after birth than if they were delivered in a hospital, according to a database study. The difference appears to be more related to location than to attendant training, study investigator Dr. Amos Grunebaum explained in a video interview, because when home births go wrong, help is just too far away.

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