Each year we do annual reporting in the month of July and publish our annual statistics. For the last 12 months, here is what what we have done. I’m so proud of our team our team our team for all of their hard work and dedication to Sweet Child O’ Mine and to the families that we serve. Above all, I believe their love, compassion and care for all truly shows and our statistics reflect the passion for what we do. Thank you also to all the families that we serve.
Sweet Child O’ Mine Statistics for 2020
Reporting period July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020
107 Babies Delivered – 92 Birth Center, 15 Home Birth
7.8% Transfer Rate in Labor (9 out of 116: 1 for waters released without sufficient contractions and progress, 4 for failure to progress, 1 for fetal distress, 3 for maternal exhaustion / pain management). All great outcomes.
42% Waterbirth
35% Suturing Rate
0 Postpartum Transfers
0.9% Newborn Transfer Rate (1 transfer for respiratory; released the next day).
0 Stillbirths or Neonatal Deaths delivered by midwives. 0 Maternal Deaths.
2.5% cesarean rate of those who began labor with us (3 out of 116)
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