While the makers of this documentary have a strong bias
against hospital births, they ask viewers to consider questions that every expectant parent ought to seek answers to before making a decision on where to give birth; some examples of such questions are:
This documentary is definitely for home births and
against hospital births.
Not exact matches
Support posts on this blog only try and validate the mommas
birth experience and tell her to file complaints
against the
hospital staff for how they «mistreated» her while her son was in the NICU!
In my law practice, I also hear stories from time to time about newborns being vaccinated in the
hospital after
birth without the parents» permission and
against the parents» wishes.
A major study published in the UK (Birthplace in England Collaborative Group, 2011) has examined the risks of planned home
births, comparing them
against planned deliveries in
hospitals and midwife units for low risk women.
A year ago, I wrote a blog about how
hospital bans
against vaginal
birth after cesarean (VBAC) limit options for Muskegon families.
An unassisted home
birth may be your only option if you can't find a provider who will attend your
birth at home because of distance or other factors, or if you are strictly
against birthing at a
hospital or
birth center.
We do not advocate that all homebirth practices follow our lead, but we argue
against the statement that NICUs are sustained by the admissions of home born babies and rather,
hospital births and their subsequent NICU admissions need further investigation.
Limited retrospective information was also collected by the community midwives on all the other mothers delivering outside
hospital in 1993, which was validated
against the
birth registration returns made to the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (now the Office for National Statistics).
around midnight i began to question my decision to have a home
birth, & maria was getting tired... she called in a second midwife for support & my doula arrived from another
birth... i was afraid of the power - i hadn't felt it like this in kayenn's
birth... i was afraid that i would come apart - even though i had to - i know now that coming apart is a part of the process... someplace in the middle of this
birth i realized that i did not know how to do this - i was acting
against the
birth process - literally & emotionally... i had a mental idea of what it should look, sound, smell, be like... after some hours maria checked me again, i had been at 9 cm for 4 hours... she said to me, «some babies can come through at 9 cm, but yours will not, sokhna... sokhna, you are going to have to fight to bring this baby out... go into the bathroom, get in the shower & work it out... «so i did... i went in the cold bathroom alone & remembered every cold detail of kayenn's
birth... i wondered if i could get to the
hospital on time to have an emergency c - section & i began to cry... & as i cried i had to go to the bathroom - i sat on the toilet & the rushes came down like nothing i can explain - but they didn't hurt - it was just POWER!
I want to be clear I am not anti
hospital birth, not anti c section, I am very thankful we can have all these interventions to save mothers and babies, what I am
against is treating
birth like it is an emergency all the time.
Most things about
hospital birth work
against healthy delivery.
Working with
hospitals, not for them and not
against them, will help increase the number of families having a more positive
birth experience.
To guard
against accidents, and maybe to slow the trickle of rising home
births, the AMA issued a resolution in June, saying that «the safest setting for labor and delivery is a
hospital.»
Despite feeling like most insurance companies I contacted didn't empower me to feel like I could
birth outside of the
hospital, I wanted to fight
against that.
I was just lucky enough to get the good ones who work * with * doctors instead of
against them, so I also had an MFM evaluating the high risk elements of my pregnancy, and I gave
birth in a
hospital.
The aim of this study is to compare the odds of postpartum haemorrhage among women who opt for home
birth against the odds of postpartum haemorrhage for those who plan a
hospital birth.
Then there was the neighbor who felt the need to warn us
against a home
birth because her friend ended up being rushed to the
hospital.
The absence of comparison subjects from these
hospitals, which may have had fewer resources for managing complicated clinical situations, may have biased the analysis
against the home
birth group.
By the time the teacher at our
hospital birth class announced that she wouldn't explain how to use formula because it was
against hospital regulations, I was pretty fed up.
You should be fighting
against the aspects of
hospital births that traumatize patients, that cause them to choose homebirth or other risky choices in the first place.
Watch how many children die now, because parents are too afraid that their babies will be stolen if they bring them to the
hospital, all because doctors are prejudiced
against home
birth.
It is also a reaction
against the highly medicalized climate of
hospital births, which, they say, has contributed to a Caesarean - section rate of more than 1 in 3
births in New York City, Westchester County and Long Island combined, with some
hospitals having rates above 40 percent.
I wish I could have a home
birth next time but my entire family voted
against it even though they didn't see how unkind the
hospital staff were.
Almost all women in most developed countries give
birth in
hospitals, leaving the providers of the
birth services with no genuine yardstick
against which to measure their care.
Ideally — and particularly when offset
against virtually 100 %
hospital births in the rest of Europe — better evidence is needed before generalisations are made on the merits of planned home
birth.
My 3rd pregnancy a yr later went great normal pregnancy but 2 months before I had my son I had a staph infection but I was free of a staph infection when he was born but the nurses found out my joy turned to a living nightmare no nurse would take care of me my son wasn't allowed in the nursery only good thing that came out of it but me being a epileptic I needed daily medication for my seizures my ob / gyn for some unknown reason told me to bring my meds from home not normal procedure its
against hospital rules but I did as he told me and thank god I did or I would have died my sons nurses were the only nurses I saw my whole weekend in the
hospital they could only take my vitals and give me the basics pain meds & stool softener they fed me too if not for them I would have starved they brought me my
hospital food its dangerous for a epileptic after
birth to be denied food meds and regular monitoring because stress from the
birth could make me seize but they didn't my ob told them flat out I was not infected and to remove me from isolation but they refused.
Over 85 % of U.S. women will have at least one intervention during
birth, so the odds are set
against you, especially at the
hospital, if you don't take decisive action.
Named Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze at
birth, he spent most of his life in France, and died of food poisoning in a Paris hotel, after checking himself out of a
hospital against the advice of his doctors.
You will have a claim for negligence
against the doctors, nurses and
hospital staff associated with the
birth if they did something which they ought not to have done or when they don't do something which they should have done in the circumstances.
If your child has suffered an injury during
birth that has caused any temporary or permanent damage, do not hesitate to reach out to contact us and we will set you up with a dedicated
birth injury lawyer on our team who who will be able to take on the tough fights
against insurance companies,
hospitals, and negligent treatment providers to help you get the resources you need to cover the years of special treatment for your injured child.
Failure to carry out these screenings can be looked at as medical negligence, making it possible to pursue a
birth injury lawsuit
against the
hospital or medical doctor.
Our medical malpractice lawyers bring claims
against hospitals, doctors, nurses, and others who fail to properly diagnose a
birth injury, fail to properly address known risks during delivery, and fail to treat correctable problems in a timely manner.
Filing a
birth injury lawsuit
against the doctor,
hospital, or staff responsible for your child's
birth injury can allow you to recover monetary damages to take care of these (and other) costs.
If so, you may want to consider filing a
birth injury lawsuit
against the
hospital or doctor responsible for the traumatic event.