Sentences with phrase «about home birth midwives»

Many CNMs have no clue about home birth midwives.

You talk about a home birth midwife with a portable monitor.

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I had ZERO idea about the serious risks associated with an epidural and was not the slightest bit educated about home birth or the use of a midwife / doula.

I didn't even know how to go about finding a midwife who would attend a home birth (Direct Entry Midwives, those who usually attend home births, can not legally practice in my state, making finding care a bit more challenging).

Here's what you should know about the pros and cons.Having an unassisted birth means you're likely giving birth in the comfort of your own home, without the assistance of a registered midwife or obstetrician.

That made sense in light of some of the things my midwife told me about my home birth that were (thankfully) true.

While some folks who birth at home do so assisted by professionals, they usually call their births «unassisted» or «independent,» so when I talk about home births in this piece, I'm talking about the kinds attended by trained midwives.

Worse case scenario, if you were planning a home birth, talk to your midwife about renting a hotel suite and enjoy their spa and room service.

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If you are a home birth midwife, whether licensed and legal to practice or not, you also worry about criminal prosecution.

I think Dr Amy's anger comes from reading story after story about preventable deaths, and preventable permanent injury to infants, month after month, and having the home - birth advocates here in the USA simply ignore the very real risks of homebirth with an uneducated «midwife».

You really don't know the problems about American unlicensed uninsured home birth midwives, yet you come onto the this blog shouting from your soapbox how ignorant we are.

Around this time I read a People ® magazine article about Cindy Crawford giving birth to her son at home with a midwife.

Courtney will be interviewing doulas and midwives, Jennifer will be writing about home births and essential books on natural birth, Lee will be writing about her decision not to have children, and much, much more.

But just think about this, what if you start hemorrhaging and the home birth midwife doesn't catch it in time because she doesn't have the necessary equipment to catch it in time... not everyone bleeds out..

As time went on, and she learned more about the natural birthing process and the current state of maternity care (as well as reflecting on her unmedicated hospital birth experience), she knew that she would not want to birth another child in the hospital, so as she and her husband Matt looked forward to conceiving their second child she had already decided on hiring a licensed midwife and planning to birth at home.

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I'd like a natural birth, but my husband is worried about an in - home midwife.

I plan to do some writing about questions to ask midwives, but I'll throw out a couple of ideas: Ask her if giving birth at home is just as safe as giving birth in the hospital.

Many families want the advice and natural birth expertise that Midwives have to offer, and want to take advantage of a wealth of information about herbal, homeopathic and essential oil remedies, but would feel safer birthing in a hospital or birth center setting, or perhaps have a physical condition that does not allow for home birth.

After another friend of mine experienced an amazing home birth, I began talking to her more and more about it and she encouraged me to meet with a midwife just to discuss my options.

I told myself that I didn't home birth for financial reasons, but saving money was a big part of it, and if I had understood that I had about a 40 % chance of having to pay both the midwife and the hospital, I probably would have reconsidered.

I don't know why all the lay midwives are excited about this when the AAP is very clear about WHO is qualified to perform home - births.

Caroline Homer, one of the authors of the study, and Hannah Dahlen, a spokesperson for the Australian College of Midwives, take to the lay press to boast about the results of the study (Study of low risk women reveals good news on the home birth front):

Maybe it was a mistake that your wife made to make those postings public, but something good has come out from it because these stories, even though it's painful to be written about, these stories need to be told, because the midwives and home birth community are not talking about these risks.

Midwives made 102 positive and 48 negative comments about home birth.

While the fear of the unknown can cause parents to hesitate about giving consent for the screening, Wilkerson implores them to advocate for their babies by making sure it's conducted, either by a nurse in the hospital or a midwife after a home birth.

We recommend that these findings be taken into account when insurers and governing bodies make decisions about home birth and hospital privileges with respect to certified professional midwives.

One that shows the reality of the risks of home birth, the truth about lay midwives, and exposes all of the lies and damage perpetrated by Ricki Lake.

Certified Nurse Midwives who attend home births do have six years of training (not sure about how many births they attend in those years) but the average non nurse midwife will have minimal if any formal training and will not have seen 500 births even with years of practice.

And on one thread where a woman was asking where she could get «unbiased» information about home birth, the HB advocates were telling her to contact a local midwife and have a meeting with her.

One of the best bits about a home birth is the level of care you get afterwards from the midwife - it's much better than anything you'll get in hospital.

We monitored my BP for another week, but when we realize that it wasn't coming down my midwife and I had a heart to heart about the fact that I likely wasn't a good candidate for a home birth.

We found only one other study, conducted in the United States, on mortality associated with breech, twin, and post-term births at home.9 This study showed excess mortality in such home births and voiced concern about the trend to encourage midwives to engage in high risk practice.

If you are interested in learning more about home birth and our practice, please join us for an evening and meet our midwives.

We need to be completely at peace about who we choose whether it's a midwife, doctor, hospital, birth center, home birth, or a stream in the middle of the jungle (no joke, there's a video on You Tube).

Inspired by the home birth of his son (which also included a midwife and birth doula), he created The Dadvocate in 2014 to help dads (and moms) be educated and informed about the many decisions and dynamic changes that come with pregnancy and birth, all the while using humor and raw insight to show the birth world and parenthood from a dad's point of view.

Back in the 1800s, giving birth at home, sometimes with the assistance of a midwife, was about the only option.

My husband and I have a compromise list — he has a horrible feeling about home birth but can accept a midwife is a trained professional and natural birth plan has benefits so the hospital just in case of emergency is our compromise.

It is also important for women thinking about a planned home birth to consider if they are healthy and considered low - risk and to work with a CNM, certified midwife, or physician who practices in an integrated and regulated health system; have ready access to consultation; and have a plan for safe and quick transportation to a nearby hospital in the event of an emergency.

The jurors listened as lawyers argued that the trial was about the rights of midwives and parents to choose home birth, and they were aware of the daily presence of midwife advocates who filled the courtroom in support of Cryns.

Last year, according to the Midwives Alliance of North America, about 40,000 babies were born outside of a hospital, the lion's share of those being home births assisted by a midwife.

Mairi Rothman, a midwife, said one of the problems with the debate on home birth is that people aren't talking about the risks that come with delivering in the hospital.

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Now that our city is under a state of emergency and I have no idea if my midwives or doula would even be able to get to my home or the hospital, I'm not exactly feeling a sense of «peace» about my impending birth.

Speaking of which, a home birth disaster in my state was based on the fact that the midwife didn't ask about PRIOR drug abuse, just of the mother was currently using drugs or alcohol.

Mary Kay Ayers, a certified nurse - midwife and the owner of the GentleBirth practice in Mokena, attends about 40 home births in the south suburbs per year.

The results of this study, and those of its companion article about the development of the MANA Stats registry, confirm the safety and overwhelmingly positive health benefits for low - risk mothers and babies who choose to birth at home with a midwife.

SHERAH: i think you are confusing skepticism about midwives with skepticism about home births.

Women were BUILT to give birth, OBGYNs are glorified surgeons, oh a BTW what about leaving sponges inside women, and all kinds if issues that come with surgery, and the fact that a hospital is full of germs and sick people, where as at home its the same environment moms been in the whole pregnancy... Hospitals smeared midwives when they first started cutting babies out, and they continue to do it, I wouldn't be surprised if they lied about the stats