What is ACOGs position on home births?
Labor and delivery, while a physiologic process, clearly presents potential hazards to both mother and fetus before and after birth. These hazards require standards of safety that are provided in the hospital setting and cannot be matched in the home situation. ACOG supports those actions that improve the experience of the family while continuing to provide the mother and her infant with accepted standards of safety available only in hospitals that meet the standards outlined by the American Academy of Pediatrics and The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
