One woman in every three reported that tests and procedures were carried out during
labour and birth without their consent.
Not exact matches
Without the emergency intervention that followed, the baby would have suffocated in the
birth canal in which he was trapped
and I would have bled to death, which would at least have killed me within hours rather than over several excruciatingly painful days in the case of the obstructed
labour.
If you were planning to have a natural
birth but change your mind during
labour, you shouldn't feel disappointed or guilty; although most women are told about the pain caused by
labour, nothing can prepare you for the actual feeling
and if you can't handle the pain
without a little help this is completely normal.
There was no difference overall between
birth settings in the incidence of the primary outcome (composite of perinatal mortality
and intrapartum related neonatal morbidities), but there was a significant excess of the primary outcome in
births planned at home compared with those planned in obstetric units in the restricted group of women
without complicating conditions at the start of care in
labour.
The proportion of women with a «normal
birth» (
birth without induction of
labour, epidural or spinal analgesia, general anaesthesia, forceps or ventouse delivery, caesarean section, or episiotomy9 10) varied from 58 % for planned obstetric unit
births to 76 % in alongside midwifery units, 83 % in freestanding midwifery units,
and 88 % for planned home
births; the adjusted odds of having a «normal
birth» were significantly higher in all three non-obstetric unit settings (table 5 ⇓).
Planned
birth at home in low risk women
without complicating conditions at the start of care in
labour was associated with significant cost savings
and a significant decrease in adverse perinatal outcomes avoided.
Perinatal loss to the 64 women who booked for hospital delivery but delivered outside
and to the 67 women who delivered outside hospital
without ever making arrangements to receive professional care during
labour accounted for the high perinatal mortality (134 deaths in 3466 deliveries) among all
births outside hospital.
For low risk women
without complicating conditions at the start of care in
labour, the mean incremental cost effectiveness ratios associated with switches from planned
birth in obstetric unit to non-obstetric unit settings fell in the south west quadrant of the cost effectiveness plane (representing, on average, reduced costs
and worse outcomes).25 The mean incremental cost effectiveness ratios ranged from # 143382 (alongside midwifery units) to # 497595 (home)(table 4 ⇓).
Restriction of the analyses to low risk women
without complicating conditions at the start of care in
labour narrowed the cost differences between planned places of
birth: total mean costs were # 1511 for an obstetric unit, # 1426 for an alongside midwifery unit, # 1405 for a free standing midwifery unit,
and for # 1027 the home (table 2 ⇓).
I birthed a 12 lb 4oz (5.56 kg) baby after a 22 hr
labour without drugs
and without tearing (thanks to the magical
birth pool) after 4 previous c / sections.
To determine the possible benefits
and risks of the use of different
birth positions during the second stage of
labour without epidural anaesthesia, on maternal, fetal, neonatal
and caregiver outcomes.
It could be argued that unplanned home
births are similar to planned home
births which were transferred to hospital during
labour (because
birth did not take place in the intended location),
and that not getting to hospital in time is a risk of planning a hospital
birth,
and for this reason we have run the analysis both with
and without unplanned home
births (see «results» section).
[If you don't] You will have a higher section rate, so part of that is you need to be in attendance to keep the
birth normal
and some of it is just to have an opinion about the strip, some if it is literally where you feel like you're standing guard, not against bad people but against keeping the space for the woman private
and without a lot of stuff going on around her that's going to distract her just being in her
labour.
«I would recommend the Dreamgenii to any pregnant ladies, because even
without the SPD as I've had this time, it is hard to get comfy the bigger you get in your pregnancy
and the right ergonomic support can help not only to get a better night's sleep, but also in theory to make sure your body is well aligned
and prepared for
labour, so it could indeed contribute to a successful
birth...»