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Intrapartum care covers the start of labour up to the birth of a baby.

Maybe it would have worked in another age, if a birth attendant would have waited even longer or worried less about the baby; maybe it would work today if our tolerance for any intrapartum risk were higher.

Of more than 1 million singleton births in Scotland between 1985 and 2004, the researchers found 539 newborn deaths -- a rate of 0.05 percent -- with 273 deaths attributed to intrapartum anoxia.

Still, relative to infants born during the normal working day, those born during off-hours had a 70 percent greater chance of dying from intrapartum anoxia.

"Death of a baby due to anoxia in labor at term is seen as a measure of quality of intrapartum care," Smith explained.