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But it also showed a diff er-
ence in the attendants.
Midwife, doula, nurse wife
— there are a lot of terms as-
sociated with individuals who
advertise themselves as guides
for homebirths. And around
the country, those titles come
with diff erent certifi cations and
defi nitions with one constant:
a certifi ed nurse midwife are
trained and must have a degree
in midwifery as well as training
from a hospital.
Certifi ed professional mid-
wives do not have to have the
same certifi cations. In 2010,
they had double the mortali-
ty rate at births they attended.
Th e statistics, then shift when
dependent, not on where a
child was born, but the care the
mother received and the certifi -
cation of the professional pres-
ent at the birth.
However, women in America
are dying across the board in
childbirth regardless of where
they give birth.
According to a 2018 study,
the U.S. has the highest mater-
nal mortality rate in the devel-
oped world; and it’s the only
developed country where the
rate of women dying from preg-
nancy related complications is
rising. Th e group most aff ected
are African-American wom-
en, while a study published in
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Obstetrics and Gynecology
showed that 700 women a
day die immediately before,
during or aft er child birth
due to complications.
Th e reasons range from
hospital protocols that fail
to deal with potentially fatal
complications, to allowing
for treatable complications to
become fatal. A 2017 report
published jointly by NPR and
ProPublica noted that some
doctors in the United States
were able to complete their
maternal-fetal
medicinal
training without ever spend-
ing time in a labor-delivery
unit.
“Th ere are risks at both,”
Duncan said of homebirths
and hospital births. “Some
hospitals have gotten lazy,
rushing to get the next baby,”
he said. “In 1975, women
would lie in a room and labor
until it was time to have the
baby — and then they were
wheeled on a gurney into the
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delivery room, which was
basically an operating room, Water birth, during which a mother givea birth directly into a tub of water, is among the
and strapped down on their most popular forms of home-birth methods.
back to push the baby out. A
lot of women didn’t like that.”
knees or squatting. It doesn’t her children in Cottage Grove
In places like Cottage Grove
So, when Duncan got to cause any extra danger to the decades ago.
and those that are even more
Cottage Grove, he founded the baby,” he said.
“Your husband couldn’t rural in design like Drain and
Birth Home and allowed wom-
“Well, Tom, he was the only come in the delivery room,” Yoncalla, home birthing is an
en to labor naturally without doctor south of Portland who Duncan said of many area hos- alternative to driving miles and
being constrained.
was letting the fathers into the pitals at the time. “And if you miles to the nearest hospital.
“It doesn’t matter if the baby delivery room,” said Gail Hoe- had a C-section, everyone was
“30 years before the home
comes when the mother is on lzle, owner of a Main Street kept out in the lobby until ev- birth movement started up
her back or is on her hands and business who also gave birth to erything was over.”
again, there were a lot of babies
born in houses because the
population in those areas was
fairly small and spread out,”
Duncan said. “So there were
a lot of birthing facilities scat-
tered around the valley. But by
1955, they were kind of shut
down.”
As the natural birth move-
ment grows, so does the debate
over home births. A 2015 study
published by the New England
Journal of Medicine analyzed
80,000 pregnancies in the
state of Oregon and found that
home births were 2.4 times as
likely to end with the death of
the child.
However, home births
showed to be less likely to re-
sult in a C-section and moth-
ers had fewer augmentations
to labor as well as fewer lacer-
ations.
For Rolnick, it was about
choice and comfort. But she
also did her research and
found a certifi ed professional
to help her in her home birth
journey. For other women, the
hospital — even if it’s 30 min-
utes away — is the right choice
for them.
“Th e argument,” Duncan
said, “about home births has
gone on ever since 1975 and
before, when the home birthing
resurfaced.
“And it will probably contin-
ue.”
ments were prepared.
Full statement:
So we want to thank the
school district staff , the
Latham staff and the Latham
community for working
through this process with
us. While this decision has
not been easy, we appreciate
the work and time everyone
has put into this process. Th e
feedback and information
presented to the board was
thorough and allowed for us
to have a suffi cient discussion
to make an informed deci-
sion. It is now time to focus
on moving forward by hon-
oring Latham School and
its rich history, its staff and
students who have made
Latham the school it is. As we
enter into the second-half of
the school year, it is our hope
that we will take the necessary
steps to celebrate and honor
Latham as Jerry has talked
about. It is also a time to think
about the transition for the
Latham community. We are
asking the district leadership
to work with the Latham staff
and parents to develop a plan
for how staff and students will
transition into the next school
year. It is important that the
Latham community clear-
ly understand their options
and what the necessary steps
are to make this transition
as smooth as possible. Th e
school board would like to see
this plan presented at a Feb-
ruary board meeting, would
that be possible? Again, we
appreciate everyone’s eff orts
in helping the board make a
decision.
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present what the logistics of
closing the school at Febru-
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“We’ll work with Latham
staff and parents to develop
a transition plan,” said SLSD
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tor Garrett Bridgens. “And
work with [board member]
Jerry [Settelmeyer] and others
to develop a plan for celebra-
tion of the school. Th ose are
the next steps.”
Duerst-Higgins concluded
the discussion about Latham
by reading a statement from
the district about the vote.
Bridgens noted two state-
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Tammy Hodgkinson re-
called a diff erent past school
closure.
“I know it’s not a lot of
comfort but I was a Bohemia
parent when we closed De-
light Valley and the kids and
parents that joined our school
added so much and we just
appreciated the addition of
that community to our com-
munity. It was a positive,” she
said.
Now that a decision has
been made, the district will
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