Denmark

Giving birth in Denmark outside hospitals

In Denmark a small percentage (1 - 2%) of all births take place outside hospital units. These births are home-births with a public midwife as the birth-attendant (free of charge) or in rare situations with a private midwife.
In one part of Denmark there is established a special home-birth arrangement. In this arrangement all women wanting to give birth at home go to antanatal visits with a group of midwives, one of which will come to the home to deliver the baby and do the postnatal visits. The arrangement is a success and the number of women giving birth at home has increased after the arrangement which started as a project, and it is now a permanent arrangement.
This shows that a larger number of women will choose to give birth at home if the offer from the public health service system meets their demands of for instance continuity in care.

(Text from Randi Iversen e-mail:Randi.Iversen@hh.hosp.dk )

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