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# Home Birth

Last year
2023
The Explainer x Noteworthy: Will home births ever be the norm in Ireland?
Updated 20 Sep 2023
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'Unheard, belittled and made feel small': Women still battling for maternity care choice
31 Aug 2023
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Rural home births may be restricted as HSE stands by 30-minute distance limit
30 Aug 2023
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Tide turning on water birth ban as Drogheda becomes third hospital to reinstate option
29 Aug 2023
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10
All time
'We wanted a home birth... but didn't expect this': New Year baby born on the kitchen floor
1 Jan 2017
30.3k
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Irish women who give birth at home are much more likely to breastfeed
10 Aug 2016
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Construction site to delivery room: How I became one of Ireland's few male midwives
Dan Oakes
22 Oct 2015
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Consultant turned tap and pregnant woman told, 'That’s the volume of blood that will gush out of you'
Dil Wickremasinghe
1 Sep 2015
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Giving birth at home helped me to feel safe and in control
Dil Wickremasinghe
14 Jul 2015
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Opinion: Giving birth at home – a piece of cake?
Alice Marchand
30 Apr 2014
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Woman at centre of home birth row has baby boy
18 Nov 2013
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Woman in home birth case faced with €10,000 legal bill
6 Sep 2013
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Top readers' comments of the week
24 Aug 2013
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Choice Ireland 'disappointed' at High Court ruling on home births
16 Aug 2013
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Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
16 Aug 2013
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Despite refusal, home birth case a "worthwhile fight"
16 Aug 2013
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Pregnant woman’s home birth application case denied
16 Aug 2013
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186
Column: I had a home birth – and all mums should have the same option
Eva-Louise Goussot
28 Jun 2012
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Mother plans to broadcast birth live online
1 Oct 2011
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