FULL CIRCLE MIDWIFERY STATISTICS

January 1, 1984  through  December 31,  2022

Total planned home births:                                                                                    1791

Total  transports:                                                                                     141  [ 7.6 % ]

                        Mothers transported in labor:                                   99

                              Cesareans                                      55   [ 3% ]

                              Forceps/Vacuum                              9

                        Mothers transported within 24 hours postpartum:       25

                        Babies transported within 24 hours after home birth:   17

Counties:  Benzie  2      Kent 14    Lake  20    Manistee  53     Mason  214    Mecosta  139    Montcalm  15     Muskegon  388    Oceana   266     Ottawa  131   Newaygo  398    Osceola  78    plus 73 births attended in Allegan, Clare, Eaton, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Ingham, Isabella, Kalamazoo, Midland, Missaukee, Shiawassee, Wayne & Wexford.

Oldest mom     47,         Youngest mom     16

First baby or first vaginal birth:                                                                               377   [ 21 % ]

Grandmultiparas   (more than 7 births):                                                                    164

Twins   (18 sets home born):                                                          23 sets, 22 sets vaginally born

Presentation of baby:

            Vertex    (head down)                                                                             1786

            Breech    (11 home born)                                                                            27

Mom’s position for vaginal birth:  

            Side-lying                                                                                               580

            Semi-sitting                                                                                             560

            Hands and knees                                                                                     316

            Supine   (lying down)                                                                                141

            Upright   (standing, squatting or birth stool)                                        159

Waterbirths:   [around 40% birth in a tub, and most clients labor in the water]         325

Lacerations with vaginal births: 

            None or superficial only                                                                           1215  [ 70 % ]

            1st degree                                                                                              431

            2nd degree   (into muscle)                                                                          76

            3rd degree      (into rectal sphincter)                                                          2

                   -stitched                                                                                           167

            Episiotomy and stitches   (9 transports; 1 HB)                                        10

Rupture of membranes > 24 hours   (3  maternal infections):                         106

Males:                                                                                                                955

Females:                                                                                                            839

Average baby’s weight  (range of 3# 12 oz. to 12# 5 oz.):                               8# 1 oz.

Males circumsized:                                                                                              229   [ 24 % ]   

Births missed by Midwives:                                                                                 79       

VBACS   (vaginal birth after previous csec): [ 87% successful ]                    163   [20 repeat csecs ]

Screened out for home birth:                                                                                   71