Interest in Home Birth During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of Google Trends Data.
Ru-Fong J ChengAlan C FisherSusan C NicholsonPublished in: Journal of midwifery & women's health (2022)
Interest in home birth spiked in the United States immediately after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic and remained significantly elevated thereafter. These results have implications for caregivers and health systems to ensure safe pregnancies and childbirths through the resolution of the ongoing pandemic.