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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.

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In 2011, about 30 % of Canadian fathers stayed home for at least a little while after the birth of their babies.

Let's face it: We are unlikely to find a single party that truly represents a «culture of life,» and abortion will probably never be made illegal, so we'll have to go about it the old fashioned way, working through the diverse channels of the Kingdom to adopt and support responsible adoption, welcome single moms into our homes and churches, reach out to the lonely and disenfranchised, address the socioeconomic issues involved, and engage in some difficult conversations about the many factors that contribute to the abortion rate in this country, (especially birth control).

As I continue on this journey, I find the more I learn about hospitals and standard procedures and doctors» timeframes, etc., the more I think women who elect to birth in a hospital are «brave» rather than the women who do so in their own homes.

She never seemed scared or worried for me and I think it helped a LOT that we had watched birth videos and read the «Welcome With Love» book (about a home birth) many times in preparation for the birth.

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).

That's in large part what my blogging has been about all of these years — addressing topics like home birth, circumcision, cosleeping, vaccinations, child - led weaning (breastfeeding), babywearing, home schooling, unschooling and more.

Education during pregnancy rarely has anything serious to do with breastfeeding, and since breastfeeding is perceived by most pre-parenthood women to be a natural, instinctive thing instead of a learned behavior (on both mom & baby's part) if it doesn't go absolutely perfectly from the first moments they may feel something is wrong with THEM and clam up about it while quietly giving the baby the hospital - offered bottle along with the bag of formula samples they give out «just in case» even if you explicitly tell them you're breastfeeding (which was my experience with my firstborn in 2004 and one of the many highly informed reasons I chose to birth my next two at home).

Here's what you need to know about delivering your baby at home.Opting for a home birth is becoming more mainstream in our culture.

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.

Whether you choose to birth at home, our birth center, or in a local hospital, we will respect your individuality, your desires for your birth, and your right to make decisions about your care.

In addition to getting to know each other over the course of the mom's pregnancy — learning about her hopes, fears, and wants for her birth experience — home birthing moms also have birth plans to clarify things like which post-birth procedures the family does and doesn't want (like vitamin K shot, eye ointment, etc.), and preferred hospitals and care providers to call in case of transfeIn addition to getting to know each other over the course of the mom's pregnancy — learning about her hopes, fears, and wants for her birth experience — home birthing moms also have birth plans to clarify things like which post-birth procedures the family does and doesn't want (like vitamin K shot, eye ointment, etc.), and preferred hospitals and care providers to call in case of transfein case of transfer.

And while I never overtly contradicted a care provider, unplugged my clients from their monitors without permission or guidance from their nurses, put my hand in front of a pair of scissors about to cut an episiotomy, or secretly hoped for an accidental home birth (or any other opportunity to catch a baby), my birth bag and arms - load - of - balls did some serious damage to my relationship (as a doula) with hospital staff.

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

«If there is fear, stress or anxiety about birth in general, about the unknowns of birth or about what would happen if complications arose during the home birth, it is unlikely that the woman would feel at ease enough to allow her body to do what it needs to do.»

Even after getting my feet wet in holistic / functional medicine, a home birth was too scary to even think about.

Since I was completely in the blue about how home births worked, nor had I heard any success stories from friends / family, I want to provide this option for those who know / trust me.

The growth in the number of parents seeking home births and the increase in documentaries about hospital birth trauma is caused by birth rape, not the other way around.

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The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists emphasized the results of the Wax study in its official statement on homebirth, siting that «Women inquiring about planned home birth should be informed of its risks and benefits based on recent evidence.

The really nice thing about a home birth is that you are already there, in the space you were going to be doing your earliest child - rearing anyway.

Planned home birth ending in hospital transfer should be its own category, so we can stop arguing about transfers screwing up the statistics either way.

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».

One way or another, Dr. Amy has turned a little tempest over a «women's matter» into the potential for a major legal precedent that folks (young, childless, mostly male tech - heads) who don't know or care about home birth or the mommy wars will take an interest in.

About 1 percent of women in the United States choose to give birth at home.

She might be eating her words about the necessity of hospitals in a general sense, but I'm not sure she got the message about the dangers of home birth.

She is currently involved in a research project studying ob / gyn physician attitudes and knowledge about home birth.

Your doula may also visit you at home after you are settled in with your new baby to answer any questions about things like breastfeeding, baby care, and to talk about your birth.

I knew you had gone through the death of a child in a home birth setting, but I had no idea about the hell that other people put you through.

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..

Inspired by a discussion amongst the writers on Eco Child's Play about our births and the safety of home births in particular, we decided to share our labor experiences with our readers.

Her «boring» home birth reaffirmed everything she believed in her heart about how she could experience true undisturbed labor; getting reimbursed 100 % from her insurance company was some unexpected but amazing icing on the cake!

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.

There is, in fact, already a large and growing body of research about the outcomes of home birth (p 8).»

I look forward to the day physician residency programs begin implementing requirements that students observe birth in the home or hospital, as this is quite possibly the only place clinicians will learn about physiologic birth and how amazing newborns are when allowed to transition physiologically.

As it has been shown that conducting a randomised controlled trial is not possible, the best evidence about the safety of home birth can only come from good quality, routine registrations such as the one we used in our study.

Home birth families are generally quite aware that hospitals are full of germs, sick people, and put them at risk for poor outcomes simply because they walked through the door, but there isn't much discussion about going beyond birthing in your own to germs, to making a concerted effort to birth in a green environment.

So let's meet the moms that are joining our conversation today, ladies, tell us a little bit about yourself, your family, and also let us know where your kids were born, as far as, you know, were they all born in hospitals, did anyone do any home birth, what about birthing centers and all that good stuff?

I remember visiting home one year and seeing my brother and sister - in - law, about 6 months after giving birth and the color was gone from their faces.

All we ever hear about is moms being pregnant, being in labor for hours on end, giving birth, breastfeeding or bottle feeding, and either staying at home and keeping everything together or going to work and balancing a career and motherhood.

Home birth in the Hospital gave me hope that the birth I had dreamed about was still possible.

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.

It is a comprehensive online course that teaches women what they need to know about planning and carrying out the birth that they want in all settings - the hospital, birthing center or at home.

These benefits include but are not limited to the power of the human touch and presence, of being surrounded by supportive people of a family's own choosing, security in birthing in a familiar and comfortable environment of home, feeling less inhibited in expressing unique responses to labor (such as making sounds, moving freely, adopting positions of comfort, being intimate with her partner, nursing a toddler, eating and drinking as needed and desired, expressing or practicing individual cultural, value and faith based rituals that enhance coping)-- all of which can lead to easier labors and births, not having to make a decision about when to go to the hospital during labor (going too early can slow progress and increase use of the cascade of risky interventions, while going too late can be intensely uncomfortable or even lead to a risky unplanned birth en route), being able to choose how and when to include children (who are making their own adjustments and are less challenged by a lengthy absence of their parents and excessive interruptions of family routines), enabling uninterrupted family boding and breastfeeding, huge cost savings for insurance companies and those without insurance, and increasing the likelihood of having a deeply empowering and profoundly positive, life changing pregnancy and birth experience.

Now that just about anybody can give birth in a hospital, the new trend is birth centers and home births.

There's a bunch of false implications about hospitals vs. homebirths as well, my favorite being:» «With a home birth, no bags need to be packed, no cars need to be loaded, and there is no fear of getting stuck in traffic or in an elevator.

Is there data that we can look at about home v hospital birth in there?

I am not disputing that, but there are enough births that result in death in hospitals by doctors error or not, that it is simplistic and unfair to say that parents who have their children at home are negligent and don't care about their babies.