Today, Ali and Asif discuss the new Marvel movie, Fantastic Four: First Steps (3:18). They discuss their background with the Fantastic Four as well as the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a whole. They both give their thoughts on the cast as well as the overall movie. 

Then since on ‘out of hospital’ birth occurs in Fantastic Four: First Steps, in the second half, Ali asks Asif about home births (28:40). Asif starts out by discussing how often home births occur in various countries. Ali then asks Asif about the reasons in the scientific literature regarding why people choose a home birth. Then they discuss the scientific evidence for safety for both the mother and the baby with regards to home births and who home births are recommended for. Finally, Asif discusses his personal experience as a pediatric neurologist with regards to home births. 

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• Women’s reasons and perceptions around planning a homebirth with a registered midwife in Western Australia: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1871519218306073
• Out-of-Hospital Birth: https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2021/0601/p672.html
• Outcomes of planned home birth with registered midwife versus planned hospital birth with midwife or physician: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19720688/
• Outcomes associated with planned place of birth among women with low-risk pregnancies: https://www.cmaj.ca/content/188/5/e80
• Planned Home Birt: https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2017/04/planned-home-birth
• Providing Care for Infants Born at Home: https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/145/5/e20200626/36807/Providing-Care-for-Infants-Born-at-Home?autologincheck=redirected

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