Home birth as safe as hospital from BBC

Research from the Netherlands - which has a high rate of home births - found no difference in death rates of either mothers or babies in 530,000 births.

Home births have long been debated amid concerns about their safety.

UK obstetricians welcomed the study - published in the journal BJOG - but said it may not apply universally.

The number of mothers giving birth at home in the UK has been rising since it dipped to a low in 1988. Of all births in England and Wales in 2006, 2.7% took place at home, the most recent figures from the Office for National Statistics showed.Read this full artilce at

The research was carried out in the Netherlands after figures showed the country had one of the highest rates in Europe of babies dying during or just after birth.
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MSTF E-Newsletter

Global Initiative for Mother Support (GIMS) for Breastfeeding is a global initiative that focuses on women's needs and rights to adequate and accurate information, support and health care services before, during and after childbirth. The initiative takes a holistic view of women's reproductive cycle, and promotes various measures to help mothers and their infants experience optimal breastfeeding. GIMS has MSTF E- newsletter to provide the in formations quatery.

MSTF:Mother Support Task Force

MSTF E-Newsletter V7N1, January-April 2009 is now available on the waba website:

http://www.waba.org.my/whatwedo/gims/index.htm

http://www.waba.org.my/pdf/mstfnl_V7N1d_eng.pdf

IN THIS ISSUE

MOTHER SUPPORT TASK FORCE COMMENTS AND INFORMATION

1. Making Connections: Paulina Smith, Coordinator, WABA MSTF

2. Mother Support Task Force Update: Paulina Smith, Coordinator, WABA MSTF

MOTHER SUPPORT FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES

3. The Parenting in the Workplace Institute: Carla Moquin, USA

4. Mothers of Breastfeeding Support Groups Interact with University Students: Laura Rosa Pascual, Argentina

5. Bringing Baby Along - The Baby Room: Kylie Horsfall, China

6. Promoting Breastfeeding in the Office Setting โ€“ Breastfeeding - Best for Baby and Mother: Laura Viehmann, USA

MOTHER SUPPORT - BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS RELATE THEIR EXPERIENCES

7. My Personal Story of Holistic Change: Amatul Wadood Nazli, Pakistan

8. My Experience with Breastfeeding: Liz Moreno and Guido Prieto, Paraguay

9. The Importance of Breastfeeding to My Premature Baby and Me: Jilly Newnham, Wales

10. Beauty and Breastfeeding โ€“ The Mrs. Texas Beauty Pageant: Leigh Blankenburg, USA

11. A Travelling Breastfeeding and Working Mum: Ng Bee Ting, Malaysia

FATHER SUPPORT

12. A Call for Articles: Menโ€™s Working Group: James Achanyi-Fontem, Cameroon

13. A Fatherโ€™s Support for a Breastfeeding Mother: Jerome Smith, Chile

NEWS FROM THE BREASTFEEDING WORLD

14. Meet Marta Trejos โ€“ Feminist, Breastfeeding Activist and Friend: Lakshmi Menon, India

15. University of Queensland Research Finds Breastfeeding Stops Neglect: Dr. Lane Strathearn, Australia

16. Guidelines for Gender Sensitive Materials and Advocacy: WABA, Malaysia

17. News Items for your Interest and Information: MSTF Coordinators

18. MMPS Photo Contest: Lee Su Li, Malaysia

19. Carrying Expressed Milk on Airlines: MSTF Coordinators

20. World Social Forum and Breastfeeding: Amigas do Peito, Brasil

21. Public Radio and Breastfeeding: Chris Mulford, USA

22. Maternity Protection at Work: Elaine Cote, Switzerland

BREASTFEEDING RESOURCES

23. Breastfeeding Exclusive: Miriam Labbok, USA

24. A Magazine for Breastfeeding Mothers: Claude Didierjean-Jouveau, France

25. Nutrition News for Africa: Christian Fares, USA

26. Study Online! Earning Continuing Education Credits in Breastfeeding: Carol Kolar, USA

27. Contaminants in Human Milk: Weighing the Risks against the Benefits of Breastfeeding: M. Nathaniel Mead, USA

CHILDREN AND BREASTFEEDING

28. Coping with the Jealousy of a Toddler Sibling towards a Newborn Baby: Laura Probst and Twink Lester, USA

FEATURING BREASTFEEDING AND HIV AND AIDS

29. WABA HIV and Breastfeeding: Pamela Morrison, England

30. Another look at Breastfeeding and HIV and AIDS: Marian Tompson, USA

31. Survival of Infants Born to HIV-Positive Mothers by Feeding Modality, in Rakai, Uganda: Joseph Kagaayi et al*

32. Infant Feeding in Guatemala within the HIV and AIDS Context: Irma de Maza, Guatemala