Sentences with phrase «home birthing as»

I advocate highly the benefits of home birthing as well as water birthing.

But to write off home birthing as irresponsible because of some anecdotes is irresponsible in itself.

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«There has been much attention in the media by celebrities having home deliveries, with recent Today Show headings such as «Ricki Lake takes on baby birthing industry: Actress and former talk show host shares her at - home delivery in new film.»»

As of this February we have become a home birthing couple.

Yet in the majority of cases a midwife - attended birth in a birthing center or at home is just as safe.

As a healthy, able - bodied mama living in a safe home that's close to a nearby emergency room if it was needed, birthing at home with trained midwives was a great option for me.

The atmosphere was soothing just as I had prepared it with blue lowlights and candles, pictures of powerful women around me, familiar music in the background and the options of birthing anywhere in my home available.

If you're having multiples or have a history of a heart condition or other medical concern, such as diabetes, birthing at home is not recommended.

If you are birthing at home, you will have to provide some basic supplies, often referred to as a «birth kit».

So it was always empowering to hear from friends who didn't automatically assume it was dangerous or crazy to choose birthing at home as Plan A.

First child, laboured at home for as long as possible, birthing ball, birthing pool, moved body according to instinct, natural high

Just as having a gun in your home can invite risks that weren't there otherwise, so can birthing in the hospital.

Certainly the argument is not that no babies should be born in the hospital or that all guns should be removed from the home, but rather, decisions about birthing at home should be made by the individual, just as the decisions about bringing a gun into the home belongs.

I'm new to the term crunchy but as a home - birthing, cloth - diapering, whole foods plant eating mama I'm no stranger to the content:) I am definitely timid when talking about crunchy parenting choices in most places.

Whether you choose to birth at home, in a birthing center, or at the hospital my goal is to offer you another method of support during and after birthing allowing your spouse, family, or friend to focus solely on you also ensuring they are documented as part of your birth story.

Studies there (sorry, don't have any references on hand, I'll try to get them posted later) show that home - birthing in this setting is just as safe for mother and child for a first birth, and safer for next births, than a hospital setting.

However, I didn't think I wanted to deal with washing diapers as soon as we got home from the birthing center, so I bought one package of newborn diapers.

As far as the visualization thing, I would think that would help a lot, whether home birthed or in a hospitaAs far as the visualization thing, I would think that would help a lot, whether home birthed or in a hospitaas the visualization thing, I would think that would help a lot, whether home birthed or in a hospital.

As a mother who has birthed both of her children at home, neither of which were «normal» births, I find such negative campaigning disturbing and upsetting.

You go right home after your birthing center births and can be discharged as early as 12 hours postpartum at a hospital.

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.

As time went on, and she learned more about the natural birthing process and the current state of maternity care (as well as reflecting on her unmedicated hospital birth experience), she knew that she would not want to birth another child in the hospital, so as she and her husband Matt looked forward to conceiving their second child she had already decided on hiring a licensed midwife and planning to birth at homAs time went on, and she learned more about the natural birthing process and the current state of maternity care (as well as reflecting on her unmedicated hospital birth experience), she knew that she would not want to birth another child in the hospital, so as she and her husband Matt looked forward to conceiving their second child she had already decided on hiring a licensed midwife and planning to birth at homas well as reflecting on her unmedicated hospital birth experience), she knew that she would not want to birth another child in the hospital, so as she and her husband Matt looked forward to conceiving their second child she had already decided on hiring a licensed midwife and planning to birth at homas reflecting on her unmedicated hospital birth experience), she knew that she would not want to birth another child in the hospital, so as she and her husband Matt looked forward to conceiving their second child she had already decided on hiring a licensed midwife and planning to birth at homas she and her husband Matt looked forward to conceiving their second child she had already decided on hiring a licensed midwife and planning to birth at home.

I am not aware of any birthing facility that offers fresh, healthy, organic food and filtered water, but if there is one, I suspect it's a birth center or rather, one that allows you to bring your own food just as one would provide in their own home birth.

The home as a birthing environment is not a well supported choice in the current U.S. healthcare system.

So let's meet the moms that are joining our conversation today, ladies, tell us a little bit about yourself, your family, and also let us know where your kids were born, as far as, you know, were they all born in hospitals, did anyone do any home birth, what about birthing centers and all that good stuff?

When you are birthing at home, your midwife and her team are completely focused on YOU and no one else, and thus are much more able to spot potential problems as they start to occur and transfer to the hospital in plenty of time IF necessary.

These benefits include but are not limited to the power of the human touch and presence, of being surrounded by supportive people of a family's own choosing, security in birthing in a familiar and comfortable environment of home, feeling less inhibited in expressing unique responses to labor (such as making sounds, moving freely, adopting positions of comfort, being intimate with her partner, nursing a toddler, eating and drinking as needed and desired, expressing or practicing individual cultural, value and faith based rituals that enhance coping)-- all of which can lead to easier labors and births, not having to make a decision about when to go to the hospital during labor (going too early can slow progress and increase use of the cascade of risky interventions, while going too late can be intensely uncomfortable or even lead to a risky unplanned birth en route), being able to choose how and when to include children (who are making their own adjustments and are less challenged by a lengthy absence of their parents and excessive interruptions of family routines), enabling uninterrupted family boding and breastfeeding, huge cost savings for insurance companies and those without insurance, and increasing the likelihood of having a deeply empowering and profoundly positive, life changing pregnancy and birth experience.

I truly hope you all understand how unethical it is to post a story like this without permission, regardless of how strongly you feel about home birthing or your convictions to prove whatever point (although this story can hardly be generalized to all home birthing just as hospital mistakes can't be generalized).

So, instead of birthing him gently at home, I changed where «home» was so that I could be at the NICU as much as possible.

In the subsequent months and weeks as I made plans with her and my husband for birthing at home, I maintained a fairly solid poker face of confidence while inside doubt and fear of the choice permeated my being.

You envisioned going in, birthing your baby and going home, but things aren't going as planned.

ROTHMANOr they can have their baby with a certified nurse - midwife in a birthing center, such as the Family Health and Birth Center in D.C. Or they can have their baby at home with a certified nurse - midwife who is a midwife who's had training as a nurse and then has gone to a graduate program in midwifery and sat for boards with the American College — the American Midwifery Certification Board.

But in general, I think ACOG is in favor of people who are certified as certified nurse midwives performing deliveries, both in birthing centers, hospitals and at home.

The Birth Without Fear ® Webinar will cover the options women have available to them during pregnancy and birth, the support available to them, and the rights they have as birthing people in a hospital, a birthing center, or at home.

As a Birthing From Within mentor I strive to support parents in birthing in awareness whether they are at home or inBirthing From Within mentor I strive to support parents in birthing in awareness whether they are at home or inbirthing in awareness whether they are at home or in the OR.

I hope I'm reading it right that home birthing is being seriously considered as a birthing alternative?

As a hospital - based holistic birthing center, we provide a unique environment that closes the wide gap found between home birthing and traditional hospital birthing suites.

As for the home birthing community taking this issue seriously, don't hold your breath.

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If not, or if your baby was born at home or a birthing center, it's important to have a hearing screening as soon as possible.

Regardless whether you choose a birthing center or home birth, you may have already made up your mind to have a doula or midwife as part of your pregnancy and birthing experience.

But midwives say women are not encouraged by their doctors to explore alternatives such as birthing centers, where low - risk women can give deliver naturally, balancing technology with a home - like environment.

While home births offer more flexibility and control over birthing, there are some risks involved as well.

It is the largest study of it's kind and found that low - risk women planning to give birth at home had as good outcomes as low - risk women birthing in the hospital.

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.

With a home birth, you have the freedom to move as well as the ability to choose the most comfortable birthing position possible.

I attended my first hypno - birthing student's birth at a birth center as her doula and I became very distressed to find that she could not stay relaxed and comfortable by herself, even in early labor at home.

The new numbers came after a period in which births outside the hospital, which can include births at a birthing center or in a doctor's office, as well as home births, had been decreasing since 1990.

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.

That's because U.S. birth certificates only record where a birth took place, so women who intended to give birth at home or at a birthing center and were transferred to a hospital would be counted as hospital - based births.