«Excellent outcomes with much lower intervention rates are
achieved at home births.
Not exact matches
I had done endless sessions of hypnotherapy
at home, printed off affirmation cards to stick to my wall, made a visual
birth plan, practised my breathing techniques, watched calm
home birth videos, had a pregnancy blessing with all of my most cherished female friends; and hired a fabulous doula to make sure that I had the best possible chance of
achieving what I needed for myself and my baby.
As stated in that post, if you wish to have a water
birth,
home birth or have your baby
at the
birth centre, you will require a midwife to
achieve this.
This work has helped to identify why some women still value giving
birth at home as well as some of the factors that prevent them
achieving this.
Unless you feel her intent
at having an unassisted
home birth was to
achieve this result then it is absurd that you would even suggest that it was a crime.
The mean net monetary benefit associated with shifts to non-obstetric unit settings varied from # 2486 (# 2259 to # 2692)(alongside midwifery units) to # 4498 (# 4306 to # 4669)(
home)
at a # 20000 cost effectiveness threshold for avoiding a maternal morbidity (table 5 ⇓), and from # 3828 (# 3600 to # 4052)(alongside midwifery units) to # 6609 (# 6411 to # 6810)(
home)
at a # 20000 cost effectiveness threshold for
achieving an additional normal
birth (table 6 ⇓).
Why Fathers Matter for Child Development One of the biggest challenges to
achieving full equality in the care of young children —
at home or in child care settings — is the widespread belief that women are more «natural» caregivers,
at least in part because women give
birth to and breastfeed babies.