Homebirth midwives are consistently fighting for our rights as women to
allow out of hospital births for the women and families who seek alternative maternity services.
Not exact matches
Also, only slightly more than half
of the states
allow midwife assisted
birth out of the
hospital.
We performed a population - based, retrospective cohort study
of all
births that occurred in Oregon during 2012 and 2013 using data from newly revised Oregon
birth certificates that
allowed for the disaggregation
of hospital births into the categories
of planned in -
hospital births and planned
out -
of -
hospital births that took place in the
hospital after a woman's intrapartum transfer to the
hospital.
* wash and sort all
of Little Sister's diapers * figure
out some kind
of organizing solution for the cloth diapers that are slowly taking over the nursery (D's and LS's combined) * find all the parts to my trusty hand pump and figure
out what parts need to be replaced * make appointment with our pediatrician to go over delayed vax schedule * go over
birth plan choices with my OB and clarify what
hospital procedures will
allow for (Can I have one arm unstrapped to hold her for a minute after she is delivered?
Currently, in the United States, unlike the United Kingdom and many other European countries, no regulations or infrastructure are in place to
allow for the integration
of out -
of -
hospital births and
hospital births.
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.