> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://elyse-kelly.gitbook.io/home-births-midwives/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://elyse-kelly.gitbook.io/home-births-midwives/key-findings/local-findings.md).

# Local Findings

It has become clear to me that during this pandemic more women had opted for an at-home birth. This could be for a variety of reasons; fear of hospitals/ contracting the virus, a lack of hospital space, or perhaps other personal reasons. While I am not specifically looking for information about at-home births to be focused around the pandemic I do believe I am going to see a lot of new information about this topic because of said pandemic. 

{% embed url="<https://globalnews.ca/news/7315686/ontario-mothers-home-birth-coronavirus/>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.jogc.com/article/S1701-2163(16)00089-X/fulltext>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.ontariomidwives.ca/home-birth>" %}

<https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1310042901>

* [ ] Compare at-home birth rates pre-pandemic vs during pandemic
* [ ] Find local statistics on unplanned home births
* [ ] How has the pandemic really effected home births? (Interview a midwife??)