What do you think
about unassisted home births?
Not exact matches
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.
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.
Bring
Birth Home is rapidly becoming one of my favorite spots to hang around, I loved this week's post
about unassisted homebirth.
I read
about everything from the highly medicated «twilight
births» that were popular at the beginning of the century to «
unassisted births» which were gaining popularity in the last few years (
unassisted birth is basically the mother / father and her chosen team delivering at
home without the assistance of a trained professional like a doctor or midwife).