United States The National Center for Health Statistics reports that of the 4.1 million babies born in the United States in 2004, more than 7,000 were born at home without a midwife or physician attending. It is unknown what portion of these births, roughly equivalent to a sixth of 1% of the nation's annual total, occurred by choice. Australia It is not currently known how many women in Australia give birth at home by choice without medical assistance. Home births in Australia represent just 0.25 percent of all births, with the majority of these done with the assistance of a midwife.
Unassisted childbirth
Natural childbirth
Postpartum confinement
Home birth
Coffin birth
Post-coital tristesse
Exsanguination
Self-inflicted caesarean section