i've lived in holland — it is completely out of the ordinary to
have your baby in hospital there.
Not exact matches
There are approximately 1500 low birth weight
babies in Ontario a year and 70 % of preterm
babies in hospitals across Ontario don't
have access to a full supply of their mother's own milk, leaving them with reduced vital nutrients and protective properties.
There are approximately 1500 low birth weight
babies in hospitals across Ontario a year and 70 % of don't
have access to a full supply of their mother's own milk, leaving them with reduced vital nutrients and protective properties.
Research reveals that
there are only 2 acute conditions that might occur at homebirth
in which the mother or
baby may
have a better outcome
had they planned a
hospital birth, namely: Cord prolapse and Amniotic Fluid Embolism (AFE).
Attempting a VBAC is a reasonable option
in a
hospital that is appropriately staffed, IF and ONLY IF a mother understands that death and brain damage will inevitably occur
in some
babies even if you are low risk, even if your doctor is standing right
there, and even if you
have immediate surgery.
• 8 out of 10 people (80 %) think fathers should feel as able as mothers to ask for flexible working • 8 out of 10 women (80 %) and more than 6 out of 10 men (62 %) agree that fathers are as good as mothers at caring for children • 7 out of 10 (70 %) agree, 42 % strongly, that society values a child's relationship with its mother more than it values a child's relationship with its father • Almost 6 out of 10 (59 %) agree with the statement that society assumes mothers are good for children, fathers
have to prove it • 7 out of 10 (70 %) agree, 50 % strongly, that
there should be a zero tolerance approach if fathers do not take on their parenting responsibilities • Almost 7 out of 10 (67 %) agree that dads should be encouraged to spend time
in school reading with their child • 7 out of 10 (70 %) agree, 50 % strongly, that dads should be able to stay overnight with their partner
in hospital when their
baby is born.
There are many downsides to
having your
baby bathed
in the
hospital.
If you
have a
hospital based midwife, she may suction your
baby at this point if indicated (i.e. your
baby has merconium on its head or
there was significant merconium
in your amniotic fluid).
For example Cytotec (Misoprostol) is used quite often now for induction
in hospitals however
there has been no scientific research done on this drug and its effects on mothers /
babies to show it is safe for use.
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.
My
baby was born 12 weeks early and he spent a total of 48 days
in hospital and now at 7 months he sleeps with me and he uses me as a pacifier as well but to be honest i really don't mind at all if it keeps him settle and feeling safe im happy as well you just
have to do what you think is best for your
baby and what your
baby is comfortable with i wouldn't do anything to make him uncomfortable and its good to know that
theres other moms out
there with the same thing happening take care all you moms xx
HOPE LIEN: We did stay
in the
hospital, it was a very small
hospital but the staff
there was extremely accommodating and they kind of were able to give us like our own little space and so we were kind of go back and forth between rooms and the
baby would go back and forth between us and then yeah and we
would also spend a lot of time with our birth mom and it was just it was a really memorable experience for sure.
There's a blog written by a same sex couple (two women) that describes what happened when their newborn was readmitted for jaundice
in the middle of the night and the «
baby friendly»
hospital would not feed the child even though the gestational parent couldn't
have breastfed even if she wanted to.
Official figures show
there is a very slight risk increase of a poor outcome for women
having their first
baby at home - from five
in 1,000 for a
hospital birth to nine
in 1,000 - almost 1 % - for a home birth.
The best advice the lactation consultant at the
hospital gave me was that the second night was going to be a rough night for breast feeding as the
baby wants to help your milk supply come
in and will try to nurse all night long, even if you
have nothing
there for them to nurse on.
Thank goodness my mother decided to bring me
in when she did; I arrived at the
hospital, got out of the car, my water broke dramatically
in the hallway of the OB and they checked me and I was complete and
having a
baby then and
there.
In spite of the fact that that hospitalization of birth
has failed to eliminate fetal or neonatal death,
there is a cultural expectation that doctors and
hospitals can guarantee a «perfect
baby» every time.
There are, sadly,
babies who die
in a
hospital despite the best efforts of the perinatologists, neonatalogists, NICU nurses and the whole team that may
have been part of their care.
Most people do admit that
there are negligent midwives,
there are women
having homebirths that should
have been risked out and
there are
babies that are being delivered to low risk mums that
have died or been brain damaged without expert medical care
in a
hospital.
No matter how many kids you babysat as a teen, how many
baby books you read
in preparation for parenthood, or how much you wanted to
have a
baby, when you strap your
baby into their car seat and head home from the
hospital there's inevitably a moment where you're shocked that you
've been entrusted to the total care of another human being.
I
had EFM when I arrived at the
hospital in labour with my first after my waters broke and
there was meconium (and no dilation and the head wasn't engaged and
baby was post-dates).
I
've done homebirths [
in the UK] and the potential for irreparable disaster was present at every one, although
there was a crisis
in only one [abruption] and mother and
baby were both saved, they were also at much greater risk at home than
in the
hospital and
in the end required much more intensive treatment [largely because of time delays] than if the same situation
had happened
in hospital.
Hospitals have at least improved over the last few years
in not trying to take
babies away to the nursery so much; but
there are still too many bothersome and unnecessary actions
in the middle of the night, and too many needle pokes disrupting early bonding.
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.
«It used to be that you
had a
baby and you «
d come home and your mother, mother -
in - law and sister -
in - law
would come rushing over to do the cooking, take care of the older siblings or just be
there to offer comfort or friendly advice, «said Joy Hackl, perinatal coordinator for Humana
Hospital in Hoffman Estates.
Getting home after
having your
baby may seem the ideal once
baby has made an appearance, but hang on,
there are some benefits to staying
in hospital, here are 5 reasons to enjoy your time
in hospital.
Then, because this was not a plan the
hospital had, they contrived to keep me
there for monitoring (despite lack of any symptoms of anything
in me or
baby) for FIVE DAYS.
Funny how 99 % of women go to the
hospital and don't complain because doctors wanted to go a
VE to know what the
baby's position was, yet
there is this small number of ladies who kick and scream because they were deprived of a procedure that
has the potential of becoming lethal
in minutes because
hospitals don't
have anaestesia 24 hours a day.
And then
there are the stories of the premature
babies who needed to be held skin - on - skin
in order to thrive, and who
have used the Moby Wrap and it worked so well for them that they were released early from the
hospital!
In terms of where to have your baby there is the initial choice as to hospital, home or something in - betwee
In terms of where to
have your
baby there is the initial choice as to
hospital, home or something
in - betwee
in - between.
And
in Canada, where it appears safest of all, several studies
have demonstrated that
in carefully selected populations,
there is no difference between the number of
babies who die at home or
in the
hospital.
In the end, we had a surgical birth and Crystal throughout our decision making process, and offered She also was there in the hospital with us as we prepared for our daughter's birth and as we settled in to learn about life with our new bab
In the end, we
had a surgical birth and Crystal throughout our decision making process, and offered She also was
there in the hospital with us as we prepared for our daughter's birth and as we settled in to learn about life with our new bab
in the
hospital with us as we prepared for our daughter's birth and as we settled
in to learn about life with our new bab
in to learn about life with our new
baby.
Upon introspection, unless
there are medical risks which
would endanger the safety or health of the
baby or the mother,
having a
baby in a
hospital is not necessary.
There has also been a large upswing
in U.S.
in the number of
hospitals starting the process to become
Baby Friendly, which will encourage better birthing practices.
At home, sitting up on the edge of a bed with your feet on a chair is good, because someone is
there to catch the
baby and this simulates the position you
'd be
in at a
hospital (that said, you should assume whatever position feels comfortable).
When I
had our
baby, a little over 40 years ago, the
hospital had blood standing by
in case
there was any kind of problem, but my
baby was born healthy and normal, although he did inherit the RH factor from his father.
There would really be no point of taking a taxi to rush a woman to a
hospital when the
baby is too close to coming as the ride may put the life of the unborn as well as the mother
in great jeopardy.
And we kept him
in the
baby sleep sack things the
hospital gave us while we were
there because they made it easy to change his diaper and they
had built
in mittens.
I liked the idea that Ceal
would monitor the
baby's heart rate every 5 to 15 minutes during labor, and every 5 to 10 minutes while I was pushing, rather than strapping a fetal monitor on me and leaving it
there, as is standard
in the
hospital.
I remember some lactation consultant, it was more than one and maybe
there were some nurses,
there are two came
in to my room because I was
in the
hospital for about three days because it was cesarean to
have the
babies.
After
hospital discharge
there could be again a
baby who
has poor weight gain and this could be related to pre mature, new term
baby that's just not quite nursing vigorous enough and not getting enough milk
in.
DR. STUART FISCHBEIN: Usually [00:16:25] is something that I do because as the
hospital birth practitioner when it gets to somewhere all other things are not working and then the possibility is to do an external cephalic version which is a hand - on technique to try and turn the
baby, and that is usually done
in the
hospital described that
in just a second but the way I do it because I don't use meditation, I often will
have a woman spend at least thirty minutes prior to the procedure with a medical therapist to put her
in a relaxed state, I do believe
there is pretty good evidence out
there that this increases the success rate by just being totally relaxed.
In the study group, about 75 % of the women who planned to give birth at home were able to, and about 97 % of those who planned to give birth in hospital had their babies ther
In the study group, about 75 % of the women who planned to give birth at home were able to, and about 97 % of those who planned to give birth
in hospital had their babies ther
in hospital had their
babies there.
In the 26 years since formula companies began advertising in American consumer media, their job has gotten tougher: There's been a continuing increase in both breast - feeding itself and breast - feeding support in «baby - friendly» hospitals, where there is a marked dearth of free formula sample
In the 26 years since formula companies began advertising
in American consumer media, their job has gotten tougher: There's been a continuing increase in both breast - feeding itself and breast - feeding support in «baby - friendly» hospitals, where there is a marked dearth of free formula sample
in American consumer media, their job
has gotten tougher:
There's been a continuing increase in both breast - feeding itself and breast - feeding support in «baby - friendly» hospitals, where there is a marked dearth of free formula sam
There's been a continuing increase
in both breast - feeding itself and breast - feeding support in «baby - friendly» hospitals, where there is a marked dearth of free formula sample
in both breast - feeding itself and breast - feeding support
in «baby - friendly» hospitals, where there is a marked dearth of free formula sample
in «
baby - friendly»
hospitals, where
there is a marked dearth of free formula sam
there is a marked dearth of free formula samples.
But she
has to be aware that
there is risk involved physically to her and
baby, and that her birth plan may
have to change, just like it
would in a
hospital setting.
«For example, you
have a much higher risk of
having cesarean (section)
in the
hospital, you
have a much higher risk of
having anesthesia...
there's no
hospital - acquired infection,
there's no mixing your
baby up with another
baby,
there's much more support (for breastfeeding),» said Rothman.
Women or their infants were excluded from participating if the mother was under 16 years (Hoddinott 2012),
had a medical contraindication (Hoddinott 2012; Junior 2007; Paul 2012), the physical condition of
baby prevented breastfeeding (Junior 2007), if the
hospital stay was longer than usual,
there were any postnatal complications
in the mother or newborn, no phone number, living outside the area, or child protection concerns (Paul 2012), and any prenatal drug use, psychiatric illness, or HIV positive status (Serwint 1996).
Things are circulated
there as truth — «You only
have one position you can labor
in at the
hospital,» «You can't make noise at the
hospital,» «At the
hospital they'll try to force drugs on you that will hurt your
baby» — that aren't true, and so many women who choose home birth think they are making a choice that will give them more «control,» when really they
'd have all those same options at the
hospital (multiple labor positions, noise or no noise, no drugs if they want) and MORE.
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.
I know that nobody
in the
hospital would let a
baby just wait for a few minutes for resuscitation, but
in the annals of history,
there must be something.