30 The risk of intrapartum or early neonatal death was 0.15% for home birth versus 0.18% for hospital birth, a difference that did not reach statistical significance when preterm births (<36 weeks) were excluded. 30 In certain subgroups of women (very young or old or with small for gestation age), the risk may be slightly increased. 30 Similarly, two additional nationwide cohort studies in the Netherlands of low-risk women attended by midwives demonstrated no i
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