Can you guess how many
births happen in a hospital?
In some countries almost
all births happen in hospital, whereas in other countries home birth is considered the first choice for healthy and otherwise low - risk women.
More than 94 % of
these births happened in hospitals, with the rest occurring in freestanding birthing centers or in private homes.
We noted that 99 % of
all births happen in a hospital setting and most women have insurance.
Not exact matches
Births that happened in the car on the way to the hospital, extremists that didn't have a professional attend, births in an ambulance, and
Births that
happened in the car on the way to the
hospital, extremists that didn't have a professional attend,
births in an ambulance, and
births in an ambulance, and so on.
while being coerced to push even though I wanted to breath the babies down, I didn't get to see them at all for 15 hours after they were born because the
hospital staff didn't get their act together, not because it was medically necessary, etc., so much so that the head of OB (my office doc) later admitted they had me on suicide watch because what
happened was so different than my
birth plan... I wasn't stuck on exact details, especially because twins throw a loop
in all of it, but it was nothing like I had hoped for, at all.
Today's topic is «It's not your fault» said by a Pedi
in the ER to a home
birth mom whose baby had been transferred because «the baby needed treatment for a freak occurrence that could have
happened in the
hospital as well.
what is considered a «true emergency» anywhere it
happens, home
hospital,
birth center --- full placental abruption
in labor.
Which may be why so many doctors intervene
in the
birth — they have this false sense of a woman's inability, or they consider every
birth high - risk, or just because they want to get out of the
hospital in time for dinner (it
happens).
It usually didn't; with one exception all the home
births I did went swimmingly, but having seen, over the years,
in hospital, all the varieties of complications, you can not pretend that it can't
happen.
Low risks
births happen all the time
in the
hospital, are you really believing all that crunchy BS about cold strap down deliveries
in hospitals.
It may be safe to have a home
birth but the way you are making it sound is as if it is just as safe to have a home
birth as it would be
in a
hospital but that is just a silly thought because your home doesn't have all the medical equipment and surgeons on hand to care for you or your baby if something were to
happen that needed immediate attention.
I also have the benefit of knowing first hand what
happens in terms of lactation
in the
hospital, birthing center and home
births as I have had the good fortune of working
in all those settings.
Because I didn't hear about it when I was pregnant and had my babies, and if it's been around for a while obviously the
hospitals that I gave
birth in never made any mention of it, so I'm assuming they weren't baby - friendly back then, but after I gave
birth I knew that a lactation consultant was going to go on to the, come into the room, well actually at the first child you already know the rounds, you know, what's going to
happen, you know, how long you're going to be there, all that stuff.
People have babies at home all the time, sometimes unplanned if the
birth happens quickly or if when active birthing arrives the woman simply is not interested
in leaving to go to the
hospital.
Even though I did NOT want to give
birth in a
hospital, I have no regrets about what
happened.
You might wonder what
happens if you show up at the
hospital or
birth center and say you're
in labor, only to be sent home.
First time
births are recommended to
happen in a
hospital, as this is the safest option for the baby, however if you have given
birth before without issues then a home
birth is just as safe.
In open adoption, this
happens directly at the
hospital, shortly after the baby's
birth.
«Obviously these are isolated occurances and will not
in any way
happen to every person who gives
birth in a
hospital, much
in the same way that infant death will not
happen to everyone who homebirths.»
When this 20 % risk of death is compared to the 0.02 % rate of cord prolapse during labor at homebirth that might have a better outcome if it
happened in hospital, this means that a low risk woman has a 1000 times higher chance of having a life threatening complication either to her life or her fetus / newborns life at planned
hospital birth, than if she plans to have an attended homebirth with a well - trained practitioner.
«It wasn't until we were
in the
hospital after the
birth that we looked at each other and said, «Wow, that just
happened,»» Williams told TODAY Parents.
They're losing weight and you're all kind of obsessed about that initial
birth weight and then so to hear like ones to you, like all my babies were born
in a
hospital, so once I left the
hospital, it's kind of like, well, they weighed less now and I really did have that 10 %
in my head a lot because I didn't want to have to do formula, and so I just felt like it was, this weird challenge with my body like, can my body create enough colostrum to be able to support this, and what's going to
happen over the next couple of weeks, you know, they going to tell me if this first pediatrician appointment that I've got a supplement.
It's well worth investigating C - section rates, other intervention rates, and whether the
hospital or
birth center is certified Baby - Friendly... All your decisions will make a difference
in how easily breastfeeding
happens.
Although this can
happen in unprepared situations before a pregnant lady reaches the
hospital to give
birth under medical care, some women choose to deliver their babies naturally, without medications, so that they can actively participate
in the process.
Also, the money seems not to be the main reason — if it was, people would not pay extra out of pocket for lay midwives if their
hospital birth was covered by insurance, something that often
happens, and people would definitely think twice before paying for the services of midwives
in full at 36 weeks and then if they have to transfer end up with further
hospital bills — these are not rational monetary decisions, they are paying these con artist
in order to reinforce their feelings or beliefs.
Satisfying
births can
happen in hospitals.
What
happens if all women have happy
births in a
hospital and all those babies live just to die from the pollution
in our environment?
This
happened to me with my CNM - led
hospital birth — I thought that pitocin was evil and nearly always unnecessary, and so viewed the CNM who ordered it as standing
in the way of me getting my natural
birth.
Natural and normal
births are more likely to
happen in out of
hospital births —
in birth centers and at home.
Again, couldn't we simply explore this to learn how homebirths could be safer for those moms who have been previously scarred by
hospitals (including losing an older child
in a
hospital birth — yes, it
happens) or for those who for whatever reason choose to
birth at home?
When my sister planned a home
birth in NYC, she was very reassured when her midwife told her
in the first interview that she had never (or maybe very rarely) done an * emergency *
hospital transfer — her (relatively frequent) transfers to the
hospital happened long before the point where it became an emergency.
I've always wondered how it seems that every
birth has to be with some kind of medication or it had to
happen in a
hospital because that's not how Eve did it and not how most of our ancestors did it.
Oh of course, it «rarely»
happens so we can assume that it
happens more often
in home
births than at
hospital.
JOHNER RIEHL: I know that Cristina one of her co-workers, when they got married he actually took the wife's name and that became their family name like it's the obviously our convention here is to take the husband's surname, doesn't always
happen, but so there are ways also and you have that moment of that magical moment
in the
hospital where I guess I don't know how it's done on a home
birth like but I know at the
hospital they bring you the form, there's the woman who works at the
hospital or the man that works on the
hospital that brings it to you and you have so much power
in that moment like.
«I'll be honest, although I was so excited about the home
birth throughout the pregnancy, I was also very fearful that it wouldn't
happen naturally and that we would end up
in hospital at some stage
in the process, either to be induced or for lack of progress or for some post-
birth issue.
How do you know what
happens in hospitals when you have never given
birth there?
I would also expect that most near misses and deaths would
happen in hospitals because that is where the high risk and complicated
births tend to
happen.
I find it ironic that mainstream medical professionals would spend so much time critiquing and vilifying home
birth when the VAST MAJORITY OF
BIRTHS IN AMERICA
HAPPEN IN AMERICAN
HOSPITALS and when AMERICA HAS AMONG THE HIGHEST MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES OF ANY COUNTRY
IN THE INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD.
A natural
birth can
happen at home or
in hospital!
When bad
birth outcomes
happened to their friends (home or
hospital), it was always their friends» fault
in some way.
A water
birth can
happen at the
hospital, birthing center or
in your home.