Contact: Carrie D. Bright, IOM, CAEExecutive Director, American Midwifery Certification Board, Inc.410-694-9424cbright@amcbmidwife.orgwww.amcbmidwife.org

Contact: Carrie D. Bright, IOM, CAEExecutive Director, American Midwifery Certification Board, Inc.410-694-9424cbright@amcbmidwife.orgwww.amcbmidwife.org

New data released at a meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies suggests that newborns face a higher risk of death when delivered at home attended by a certified nurse midwife than when born in hospitals with a certified nurse midwife in attendance.

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Ina May Gaskin - the woman widely described as the "most famous" and "most authentic" midwife in the world - never even took a formal midwifery course.

PREGNANT women are to be given a 'minimum guarantee' about the level of service they can expect from the NHS under new government guidelines announced yesterday. That should mean greater choice including whether you can have a home birth, midwife or consultant-led delivery.