The first step I took was to talk with
my doctor about home birth.
Not exact matches
As I continue on this journey, I find the more I learn
about hospitals and standard procedures and
doctors» timeframes, etc., the more I think women who elect to
birth in a hospital are «brave» rather than the women who do so in their own
homes.
sure, you may have had two fine
births at
home, and you may know 5 other women who had healthy
home births, but what
about the people these
doctors interviewed?
I am not disputing that, but there are enough
births that result in death in hospitals by
doctors error or not, that it is simplistic and unfair to say that parents who have their children at
home are negligent and don't care
about their babies.
We need to be completely at peace
about who we choose whether it's a midwife,
doctor, hospital,
birth center,
home birth, or a stream in the middle of the jungle (no joke, there's a video on You Tube).
«Why Not
Home: The Surprising
Birth Choices of Doctors and Midwives» is about «changing the conversation about birth in America and spreading evidence - based information about birth across settings.&r
Birth Choices of
Doctors and Midwives» is
about «changing the conversation
about birth in America and spreading evidence - based information about birth across settings.&r
birth in America and spreading evidence - based information
about birth across settings.&r
birth across settings.»
I know that women planning a hospital
birth may not want to read
about midwives and
home births but those of us with midwives are seriously looking for articles that aren't all
about hospitals and
doctors.
I read
about everything from the highly medicated «twilight
births» that were popular at the beginning of the century to «unassisted
births» which were gaining popularity in the last few years (unassisted
birth is basically the mother / father and her chosen team delivering at
home without the assistance of a trained professional like a
doctor or midwife).
Some other very important actions to take are reducing the amount of scented candles, air fresheners, and fragrances in cleaners, never heating up foods in plastic containers or placing hot foods in them, not using weed killers or insecticides in or around your
home, avoiding dark hair dye, and having a very serious conversation with your
doctor about any hormonal type of
birth control.
Screening in
home visit settings isn't going to solve the problem here in California or anywhere in the U.S.. All women deserve to be informed
about the most common complication of pregnancy by their obstetric provider (90 % of
births are managed by Ob / Gyns, the other 10 % by family practice
doctors or nurse midwives).