APM has low transfer rates and even lower cesarean rates with good outcomes.
Women who transfer most often are those who have had a prior cesarean section. Our VBAC success rate is 72%.
The second highest rate of transfer occurs in first-time mothers either during pregnancy when they develop complications that don't meet the low-risk criteria, or during labor. When birthing with our back-up OB's our cesarean rate for first-time mothers is only 9% which is incredibly low compared to national and state averages. California has averaged about 35% cesarean rate for many years now. We can achieve this low rate because of the wonderful collaboration we have with OB's and hospitals. When midwifery clients have good access to medical care when indicated, a few more women may transfer in to the hospital but fewer women will need drastic interventions. To put it simply, we don't wait until cesarean is our only option before going in because we know you'll have excellent care.
For women who have given birth vaginally before, the transfer rate is very low at 8% and the cesarean rate is 3%. The risk of a baby being transferred to the hospital is less than 3% of all births.
Some other fun stats are that we've had 58% of all our babies be boys vs 42% of girls. The average infant weight is 7.9 pounds (3586 grams), 64% of all our births have been water births and 97.3% of all our mothers and babies are breastfeeding at 6 weeks postpartum.
These figures are based on APM's MANA Stats.