Low primary cesarean rate and high VBAC rate with good outcomes in an Amish birthing center

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 530-537

  Deline, James ^a   Varnes Epstein, Lisa ^a   Dresang, Lee T ^b   Gideonsen, Mark ^b   Lynch, Laura ^b   Frey III, John J ^b  

^a Amish Birthing Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Birthing centers; Cesarean section; Natural childbirth; Pregnancy; Prenatal care; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMISH; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNITY WARD; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TRIAL OF LABOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AMISH; BIRTHING CENTERS; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAL OF LABOR; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84869217540     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1403     Document Type: Article

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