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Any birth at home under the care of midwives was unsafe and should not be supported by governments (quote article 2).
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.
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).
Mothers who give
birth at home are as concerned with the
under - reported and grossly high maternal mortality rate in hospitals as the infant mortality rate.
Of women giving
birth in 2007, around 8 % gave
birth outside an obstetric unit — 2.8 %
at home, around 3 % in alongside midwifery units, and just
under 2 % in freestanding midwifery units.11
At least in my state, CNMs can only operate
under a practice agreement with an OB, who has to sign off on the CNM doing
home births / freestanding
birth center.
2) She gave
birth to her son Kingsley medication - free
at home in the bedroom, in a giant tub, in
under 3 hours.
And more importantly, rather than just comparing
home vs hospital overall, it compared midwife - led vs OB - led
births at home vs hospital (as you should well know, in the Netherlands, low - risk women see a midwife, full stop — you have to be high - risk to see an OB, so hospital
births are a combination of low - risk women
under midwife care and high - risk women
under OB care).
All of my friends who were
under the care of a midwife for their pregnancies and
births had their babies
at home.
Having experienced both a hospital, c - section
birth and a natural
birth at home, I've got full appreciation for both the advances of western medicine that can intervene with childbirth when it's necessary and the empowering, spiritual nature of having your child
at home under the care of midwives.
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.
Women with a low - risk pregnancy are free to follow their preferences and give
birth at home or in hospital
under the supervision of the independent midwife.
Since the early 1990s, government policy on maternity care in England has moved towards policies designed to give women with straightforward pregnancies a choice of settings for
birth.1 2 In this context, freestanding midwifery units, midwifery units located in the same building or on the same site as an obstetric unit (hereafter referred to as alongside midwifery units), and
home birth services have increasingly become relevant to the configuration of maternity services
under consideration in England.3 The relative benefits and risks of
birth in these alternative settings have been widely debated in recent years.4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Lower rates of obstetric interventions and other positive maternal outcomes have been consistently found in planned
births at home and in midwifery units, but clear conclusions regarding perinatal outcome have been lacking.
It is important to note that this study included only planned
home births, and
under - counted the actual risk of death
at home birth in 3 separate ways:
Breech Twins and higher order multiples Previous CS Pre-Eclampsia Placenta praevia Cervical incompetence Previous late stillbirth Previous premature
birth Grand multiparty Age
under 18 Age over 35 Smoking Drug use Severe mental health issue Epilepsy Type 1 diabetes Type 2 diabetes Gestational diabetes Asthma GBS positive Abnormal antibodies Transplant recipient Congenital heart disease Known foetal abnormality Immunosuppressive medication MS Physical disability Intellectual disability Hypothyroidism Hyperthyroidism Previous shoulder dystocia Previous 3rd or 4th degree tear Sickle Cell anaemia BMI
under 18 or over 35
at conception Previous massive PPH APH in current pregnancy HIV / AIDS Hepatitis B or C Active TB IUGR Oligohydramnios Polyhydramnios Child previously removed from custody because of abuse Uterine abnormalities such as uterine septum or double uterus Previous uterine surgery for fibroids Chronic renal problems Hypertension Auto immune condition Previous stroke or blod clot Cancer Domestic violence or abusive
home Prisoners Homeless women
(borrowed from Dr Kitty) Breech Twins and higher order multiples Previous CS Pre-Eclampsia Placenta praevia Cervical incompetence Previous late stillbirth Previous premature
birth Grand multiparty Age
under 18 Age over 35 Smoking Drug use Severe mental health issue Epilepsy Type 1 diabetes Type 2 diabetes Gestational diabetes Asthma GBS positive Abnormal antibodies Transplant recipient Congenital heart disease Known foetal abnormality Immunosuppressive medication MS Physical disability Intellectual disability Hypothyroidism Hyperthyroidism Previous shoulder dystocia Previous 3rd or 4th degree tear Sickle Cell anaemia BMI
under 18 or over 35
at conception Previous massive PPH APH in current pregnancy HIV / AIDS Hepatitis B or C Active TB IUGR Oligohydramnios Polyhydramnios Child previously removed from custody because of abuse Uterine abnormalities such as uterine septum or double uterus Previous uterine surgery for fibroids Chronic renal problems Hypertension Auto immune condition Previous stroke or blod clot Cancer Domestic violence or abusive
home Prisoners Homeless women
This means for every 10,000 babies born to low risk moms
at home with a CPM, 7 babies will die that would have lived had the mother been
under the care of a CNM
at a
birth center.
This means for every 10,000 babies born
at home with a CPM, 12 babies will die that would have lived had the mother been
under the care of a CNM
at a
birth center.
A landmark study published in the British Medical Journal in 2005 found that natural
birth at home,
under the care of certified practicing midwives, is safe for low - risk mothers and their babies.
In fact, the largest and most rigorous study of
home birth internationally to date found that among 5,000 healthy, «low - risk» women, babies were born just as safely
at home under a midwife's care as in the hospital.
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In the Dutch maternity care system midwives are qualified to provide independent care for women with uncomplicated pregnancies.1 2 They also identify and select the women who, because of existing or anticipated problems, require care from an obstetrician.1 3 Twenty five years ago, women receiving primary care all gave
birth at home, but since the 1970s they have been able to choose between
home birth and hospital
birth under the care of a midwife or general practitioner.
Several studies [13 — 19] have found reduced obstetric interventions and optimal outcomes among healthy women who planned to give
birth at home or a
birth centre
under the care of midwives.
Under the new guidelines, women will have a choice of giving
birth either
at;
home, an obstetric -LSB-...]