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Fetal heart rate abnormality

An unusual fetal heart rate pattern that can signal the baby is under stress during labor.

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Risks of home birth explained clearly

Risks of home birth explained clearly

What the risk actually is When people talk about the risk of home birth, they sometimes mean two different things. One is the chance that something will go wrong. The other is the consequence if it does. A home birth may have a low chance of major complication in a carefully selected low-risk pregnancy, yet […]