How risky or safe is the choice to have a child at home today? / LR1 / / Latvian Radio

The news of a woman’s death in a planned home birth has caused a wide resonance in society. We listen to the opinions of experts on how risky or safe it is today to choose to have a baby at home and what advantages or disadvantages should be taken into account when giving birth in a hospital?

Guests of the show: gynecologist, obstetrician, president of the Latvian Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Vija Veisa, RSU Faculty of Law lecturer Karina Palkova, mother of eight children, foster mother, midwife and founder of the association “Family Cradle”, head of the newly established Association of Planned Outpatient Midwives Rudīte Brūvere and Deputy Head of the Health Inspectorate in Health Care Anita Slokenberga.

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