Not exact matches
Gothard's teachings involve rules upon rules all dealing with the outward, dress, hair, smiling, bright eyes, no
birth control or dating, no higher education for girls who must stay in the
home until the father decides what they should do, how God blesses and is happy with you if you do such and such, so many rules, those who really wanted to please God were under the weight of things they could never accomplish... plus the male regime and women having to be careful not to defraud men by their dress or looks
made it so easy for sexual predatory behaviors to take hold and the woman
at fault for the man's problems and such... ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!! No wonder some of the children of this regime became athiests.
With 1,500 of them out there converting two Chin - amen apiece per annum against an uphill
birth rate of 33,000 pagans per day, it will take upward of a million years to
make the conversions balance the output and bring the Christianizing of the country in sight to the naked eye; therefore, if we can offer our missionaries as rich a field
at home at lighter expense and quite satisfactory in the matter of danger, why shouldn't they find it fair and right to come back and give us a trial?
Even though he was born
at a free - standing birthcenter with a midwife attending and therefore no epidural or other drugs to
make him sleepy, he did not latch on right after
birth, nor for the five hours we were
at the
birth center before going
home.
Let's just support the right to choose, the right for all women to be able to access any medical care she needs to support her choice for
birth — and support women who are grieving all over the world
at home, in hospitals and many other places for their babies who didn't
make it.
However, even if you
make smaller sized children, or have a small baby
at home, like Little Miss, the Bigger is still an amazing one - size cloth diaper option for cloth diapering from
birth to potty training.
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.
Make the most of your time and money with a prenatal class that's catered specifically to your plans to
birth at home.
We were inspired to
make the film by the injustice happening to Anna's
home birth midwife, Agnes Gereb, who had been imprisoned and
at the time of filming was under house arrest and facing multiple criminal charges (and even today, four years later, Agnes is still facing multiple charges).
The authors do not specify whether intended
home births were determined by decisions
made at the first prenatal visit or the onset of labor.
I trust that anyone who does choose to
birth at home with a midwife is
making an informed decision.
In a
home birth you usually don't have to go to the hospital (though there's
at least a 1 in 10 chance that you will), but you or yours have to buy all kinds of crap beforehand (birthing pool, pads for protecting your bedsheets from blood...), then clean up after labor,
make food and clean up after each meal, talk with the midwife or whoever is attending you (husband??)
The quote that you put in your comment from Dr Amy seems, to me
at least, to me
making two points: — Ima May Gaskin is responsible for more than one death during a
home birth.
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.
And as long as there are idiots with a lot of [meaningless] initials after their name who write blogs encouraging women to give
birth to quintuplets
at home after a dozen c - sections, these
home birthers can continue to confirm their closely held beliefs and
make really dangerous decisions for themselves and their babies.
As much as my little one had moved back to a more favourable position by the time he began to
make his entrance into the world, a soothing bath
at home (followed by a water
birth at the hospital) certainly helped!
«The sheer magnitude of numbers in de Jonge et al. — over half a million midwife - attended low - risk
births, either
at home or in the hospital — combined with a true comparison group (low - risk, women who chose hospital
birth but could have chosen a
home birth; both
home and hospital groups, attended by the same group of midwives)
makes this a valuable study (Freeze, 2010, p 8).»
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.
I don't see any way of
making home birth safe enough to be reasonable,
at least not until we get teleporter technology or something.
How we relate, in our adult lives, to stress
at home or work, pressure from loved ones, how we go about
making our toughest decisions can very well be traced back to how we experienced
birth, when our response to stresses within our nervous system were developing.
Everybody should have the best information available about birthing
at home AND in hospitals so that each family can
make their own decision about where to give
birth.
: Health Rights Handbook For Maternity Care by Beverley Lawrence Beech
Making Birth Easier by Andrea Robertson Mums On Pregnancy by Justine Roberts and Carrie Longton Confessions Of a Medical Heretic by Robert S. Mendelsohn Amy Spangler's Breastfeeding: A Parent's Guide by Amy Spangler Baby Wisdom: the World's Best Kept Secrets For the First Year Of Parenting by Deborah Jackson Delivered
at Home by Julia Allison Conception, Pregnancy and
Birth by Miriam Stoppard Working Woman's Pregnancy by Hilary Boyd Mad to Be a Mother: is There Life After
Birth For Women Today?
Who knows what it would have been like to have a light sleeper (as Adiah is) during a noisy night time
birth (I've been
at multiple
home births where the children slept through soundly... I assumed that would not be the case in the close quartered apartment we lived in
at the time given my sound
making and her sleeping disposition).
I will say, I had a
home birth in large part because I didn't want to be separated from her
at a time when, for me, it
made the most sense to exist as a family unit, whole and complete.
I am surprised
at how rare it was for my family... our daughter slept through the night the second week
home, I had to wake her up to feed her, I would wake up to tears because of engorgement and ended up just pumping since trying to wake her up was just a terror in itself... so when my sisters had moved in with us right before they gave
birth it was soo strange that to me that their daughters were up all night (even though I knew it was normal) I only hope that I will be blessed once again with our little man who is to
make his appearance in August.
She urged me not to
make any final decisions
at this point, especially considering my desire to have a
home birth.
Here's a look
at 15 things that moms wish that they had done before giving
birth that they say would have
made giving
birth and bringing
home baby a lot easier.
Do you
make distinctions, George, between risky
at -
home births, like the case in Virginia, and low - risk pregnancies?
No one deserves to suffer the loss of a child, but I agree that people need to take a close look
at this and
at the consequences of the choices
made in the name of a «natural
birth»
at home.
Ad anyway, they are the ones who
made the choice to
birth at home.
It doesn't matter what kind of
birth you had or how you feed and diaper your baby... we want you to feel
at home and
make some new friends.
Having a
home birth because the risk is there, but it's low and you figure most
births are uncomplicated and since your wife is low risk, choosing the more cost efficient
home birth route
makes more sense since you MAY have problems with
at home, but paying out of pocket for hospital care is for sure an expense you can't afford when everything is most likely going to be ok anyway.
desire to minimize neonatal mortality
at all costs, it
makes sense to choose a hospital
birth over a
home birth.
a a doula myself for a few years, when I found myself pregnant for the 3rd time, some how I decided to
make the less popular choice of having an unassisted
birth... (I will spare everyone here the lecture on how much healthier it is for both mom and baby to be born
at home!
After an amazing water
birth at home, my midwife spent the next 2 hours observing, doing the mama / baby check - ups, and
making sure I was eating and breastfeeding properly.
Even as recently as 50 years ago women thought that pregnancy
made them delicate enough to stay
at home more often than not, and the recovery from childbirth left a woman hospitalized for weeks after a normal
birth.
Preparing for a
home birth begins when you
make a decision to give
birth at home.
Jon Barrett, the chief of maternal - fetal medicine
at Toronto's Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, says, «We should be working to
make the environment of the hospital conducive to the
home birth experience, rather than having more deliveries
at home» (3).
While the NICE guidelines
make it clear that women should be free to choose the
birth setting they are most comfortable with, they point out that the risks of over-intervention in the hospital may outweigh the risks of under - intervention
at a
birth center or
at home for the majority of expecting mothers.
Thankfully I was fortunate to experience
birth in a different light as I had my second
at home with a midwife that let me have choices and I thought I can not believe I had my first child without being able to
make any of these choices for myself.
At the beginning of active labor you'll need to
make your way to the hospital or call your midwife if you're having a
home birth.
So, if a water
birth is what is desired, the proper apparatus to
make it happen should be available and set up in the
home for a
home birth, or use the pools
at a
birth center.
I haven't experienced that, and I can understand, particularly after watching the video, what
makes moms keen to have a
birth at home.
This is so amazing when moms share their
birth stories
making it look so easy and she is calmed ill never take my chances and do it
at home.
Childbirth classes
make a huge difference if you need to give
birth in a hospital, and can be extremely helpful even if you're birthing happily
at home.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health)- Although hospitals and birthing centers are the safest places to have a baby, pediatricians said today that women who choose to give
birth at home should be supported and that setting
made as safe as possible, as well.
Improvements in medicine have
made it safer to enjoy laboring
at home, and now many women are choosing an alternative birthing plan than the stereotypical hospital
birth.
Barbara Harper worked closely with Waterbirth Solutions director, Marla Althouse, to
make sure the best quality
birth pools, both inflatables and specially designed pools for installation, were available for parents
at home, for hospital installation and for
birth centers around the world.
I stayed
at home until about 9:30 am when the pressure waves were getting pretty close and then we
made our way to the
birth center.
While
home births make up only 1 percent of all U.S.
births, more states are licensing midwives to deliver babies
at home.
One day, over five years ago, my husband and I
made a conscious decision for me to become a stay
at home mother with the
birth of our next child.