I know many, many women in NYC who have had
good safe home births.
Not exact matches
So really, the
safest place to
birth is at
home, when you consider morbidity as
well as mortality.
Planned Hospital
Birth versus Planned Home Birth Observational studies of increasingly better quality and in different settings suggest that planned home birth in many places can be as safe as planned hospital birth and with less intervention and fewer complicat
Birth versus Planned
Home Birth Observational studies of increasingly better quality and in different settings suggest that planned home birth in many places can be as safe as planned hospital birth and with less intervention and fewer complicati
Home Birth Observational studies of increasingly better quality and in different settings suggest that planned home birth in many places can be as safe as planned hospital birth and with less intervention and fewer complicat
Birth Observational studies of increasingly
better quality and in different settings suggest that planned
home birth in many places can be as safe as planned hospital birth and with less intervention and fewer complicati
home birth in many places can be as safe as planned hospital birth and with less intervention and fewer complicat
birth in many places can be as
safe as planned hospital
birth and with less intervention and fewer complicat
birth and with less intervention and fewer complications.
Observational studies of increasingly
better quality and in different settings suggest that planned
home birth in many places can be as
safe as planned hospital
birth and with less intervention and fewer complications.
However, in general, midwives and obstetricians agree that a
home birth is just as
safe as a hospital
birth for women whose pregnancies are going
well.
If multiple strong,
well - done studies came out and showed that
home birth under a specific set of circumstances was exactly as
safe as a hospital
birth, you would see people here change their minds and support that.
By the way, a great book by another skeptical OBGYN is called «Born in the USA» only he's skeptical of medicalized
birth because he's a clinical scientist as
well, unlike our author here and he's realized that
home birth is
safer than hospital
birth according to peer - reviewed large scale studies.
But, you know, we never —
well, are there studies that show that
home birth is
safe, but we don't say, are there studies that show hospital
birth is
safe.
After working as a childbirth educator and attending a couple hundred
births (as a doula — labor assistant) in
birth centers,
homes and hospitals, I've come to believe that the overwhelming majority of women intuitively gravitate to which location, type of support and «methodology» is
best for themselves and their unborn babies to achieve a
safe passage through the giving
birth / delivering experience.
The process is much
safe than it was in times past, making the option for a
home birth or water
birth completely
safe, provided both mother and baby are in
good health and strong.
So it seems that
home -
births ARE a great and
safe option for
well educated, healthy, wealthy, mothers who live in affluent societies with
good infrastructure.
Because many people who want a
home birth believe it's just as
safe as hospital
birth if they have a midwife and transport to a hospital, and given that belief they'd prefer to manage on their own — just like many people prefer to make their own bread without strictly adhering to a belief that the B - vitamins in
home - baked bread are somehow
better than the B - vitamins in storebought bread.
Our understanding of childbirth and the anatomy of the pregnant woman have only expanded, giving an increasing number of women another new option: a
safe,
well - planned
home birth.
Olsen and Clausen (2012) stated that observational studies of increasingly
better quality and in different settings suggested that planned
home birth in many places can be as
safe as planned hospital
birth and with less intervention and fewer complications.
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.
Well, you mentioned more than once that «the majority of studies conclude that
home births are just as
safe as hospital
births».
Hospital
births are often
safer (such as with breech
births), but unfortunately
home births according to the actual numbers are often
safer as
well, because
home births avoid high risk aggressive birthing activities such as forceps.
There is now plenty of evidence that in general it is as
safe, if not
safer, to have a baby at
home as to have it in the hospital, and
home usually provides the
best conditions for a physiological
birth.
«Breech babies... usually work
well when our clients are taking 100 % responsibility towards having a
safe & uncomplicated
home birth.»
I don't, however, agree with any claims that
home births are equally as
safe as hospital
births: the AMA is wrong to put a big flashing danger sign on all
home births, but they're not wrong to state that in cases of obstetrical emergency, the hospital is the
better place to be.
One study in the Netherlands looked at almost 530,000 low - risk planned
births and found that with the proper services in place (such as a
well - trained midwife and
good transportation),
home births are just as
safe as hospital
births.
Increasingly
better observational studies suggest that planned hospital
birth is not any
safer than planned
home birth assisted by an experienced midwife with collaborative medical back up, but may lead to more interventions and more complications.
For healthy women at low risk for complications who choose skilled and experienced caregivers and have a
good system in place for transfer to a hospital when necessary, a number of studies show that giving
birth at
home is just as
safe as giving
birth in a hospital.
YES lack of knowledge, because actually, midwives know FAR MORE about actual
birth, normal
birth, natural
birth, and nowadays with
better cleanliness practices a
home birth is actually quite
safe.
And I decided I had the
best chance of a
safe and uncomplicated natural
birth in my own
home surrounded by people I knew and trusted.
If you read the part you quoted in context, you will see that it is a call for more studies in light of the fact that «Increasingly
better observational studies suggest that planned hospital
birth is not any
safer than planned
home birth assisted by an experienced midwife with collaborative medical back up, but may lead to more interventions and more complications.»
Our research has shown that, for women with low risk pregnancies in the Netherlands, choosing to give
birth at
home is a
safe choice with an outcome that is at least as
good as that of planned hospital
birth.
Logically, I knew that
home birth can be statistically as
safe as hospital
birth in most cases and that statistically, it would be a
good option for us, but after having undetected placenta previa with a previous pregnancy, I always held on to a fear that something might be wrong that we didn't know about or that my body was somehow broken or inadequate.
You could also be a former pre-med student and do lots of research and dive head first into studies and medical literature to make the determination that
home birth is the
safest and
best option for you and your baby.
During our visit they broke ground on a maternity clinic that will offer a
safer alternative to
home births as
well as prenatal services, antiviral medications and education to help prevent the spread of HIV to babies.
A
birth parent can be assured that any prospective adoptive family they wish to consider for their child is fully investigated and
well prepared to parent a child in a loving and
safe home.