According to WHO, midwives are appropriate carers for the majority of pregnant women. To learn more about the safety and experience of midwifery, go to the following links:

WHO – “Care in Normal Birth; a practical guide”
http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/publications/MSM_96_24/care_in_normal_birth_practical_guide.pdf

http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/homsafty.html

http://www.collegeofmidwives.org/safety_issues01/safetyIndex01.htm

http://www.aboundingjoy.com/insstats.htm

Planned home births in Australia 2003

“Fish can’t see water: the need to humanise birth in Australia” Marsden Wagner
http://www.acegraphics.com.au/articles/wagner03.html