I am very pleased to announce that I have collated the statistics for Mamatoto Midwives in the first year for all births, whether at public, private hospital or at home.
We have 85% of our clients having a vaginal birth
We have 81% of our clients having a spontaneous vaginal birth
15% of our clients had a caesarean section and these are based on women of low and high risk (RWH COSMOS low risk clients have 19.4% caesarean section rate)
19% of our clients of all risk had an epidural for labour (excluding epidural/spinal used for caesarean section –
RWH COSMOS clients (low risk only) have 30.5% epidural rate)
0% of our clients use narcotic analgesia
25% of women used Nitrous Oxide