Birth Outcomes of Women with Obesity Enrolled for Care at Freestanding Birth Centers in the United States
Jevitt C, Stapleton S, Deng Y, Song X, Wang K, Jolles D. Birth Outcomes of Women with Obesity Enrolled for Care at Freestanding Birth Centers in the United States. Journal Of Midwifery & Women's Health 2020, 66: 14-23. PMID: 33377279, PMCID: PMC7986149, DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.13194.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBirth centersObese BMIPrimiparous womenT-testRisk of potentialInadequate pain reliefCurrent US guidelinesRupture of membranesCesarean birth rateCare of womenOverall health statusObesity-related riskSecond-stage laborEffective midwifery careMajority of womenStudent's t-testIntrapartum referralsAntenatal complicationsMedical comorbiditiesPain reliefPerinatal complicationsPerinatal outcomesNewborn outcomesNormal BMIPostpartum hemorrhage