This is much needed to help normalize the view of birth in the U.S. And thank you for fighting to
make home births an option for families!
Not exact matches
However, even if you
make smaller sized children, or have a small baby at
home, like Little Miss, the Bigger is still an amazing one - size cloth diaper
option for cloth diapering from
birth to potty training.
There are a lot of things people don't realize happen during
home births, that can
make a planned
home birth a safe (and often, wonderful)
option for birthing moms.
Home birth is not a good
option for a person with preexisting disease or condition
making pregnancy and
birth high - risk.
Home birth is not a good
option for a person with preexisting disease or condition
making pregnancy and
birth highrisk for them.
On a personal note, I'm sure I speak for many families when I say that I am beyond grateful for the sacrifices you and your family have
made to
make safe
home birth an
option, and it was a privilege to have you attend the
birth of our children!
Unfortunately, a number of research articles that failed to
make this distinctive are used by ACOG to oppose
home birth as a safe
option.
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.
If costs for a birthing center or a
home birth aren't covered,
make sure you're comfortable with the expense and payment
options for both the location and midwife.
She had her first child long before she even knew
home births were a viable
option and during the experience many decisions were
made for her without her even being consulted.
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.
Instead of uselessly trying to force your hand, why don't you advocate for
making safer
options to those who are seeking
home birth and / or midwifery?
I hadn't thought about it even though it was how I was born, but reading it here
made me really consider
home birth as an
option.
Chapter eight explores natural
birth options, including what to expect when you go into labor, how to avoid routine medical interventions,
home verses hospital and if choosing hospital, how to
make the experience more green and natural.
Most classes will seek to educate you about your
options in terms of pain relief, birthing position,
home and hospital
birth, etc., in order to allow you to
make empowered choices about your birthing preferences.
The World Health Organization, the American Public Health Association and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (in the UK) all support
home birth as a safe
birth choice, yet some states in the US
make this
option difficult or impossible for women, despite evidence of its safety.
And I need your help to
make sure other women have the
option to
birth at
home in my state in the future!
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.