Potential Implications of Emerging Nontraditional Childbirth Practices On Neonatal Health

Tonia Branche; Nicole Pouppirt; LaTasha D Nelson; Janine Y Khan

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.12.040

Potential Implications of Emerging Nontraditional Childbirth Practices On Neonatal Health

J Pediatr. 2023 Oct:261:113338. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.12.040. Epub 2023 Jan 30.

Authors

Tonia Branche¹, Nicole Pouppirt², LaTasha D Nelson³, Janine Y Khan²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neonatology, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL; Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL. Electronic address: tonia.branche@northwestern.edu.
² Division of Neonatology, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL; Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
³ Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

PMID: 36720380
PMCID: PMC10766326 (available on 2024-10-01)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.12.040

No abstract available

Keywords: home birth; lotus birth; out-of-hospital birth; placental encapsulation; placentophagy; public health; umbilical nonseverance; vaginal seeding; water birth; water immersion.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Delivery, Obstetric
Female
Home Childbirth*
Humans
Infant Health*
Infant, Newborn
Parturition
Postpartum Period
Pregnancy

Grants and funding

T37 MD014248/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States