The current limited and conflicting evidence on the outcomes of homebirths versus hospital births
with midwives in attendance generates both a need and justification for a review of the available evidenced - based literature.
M: This article looks at the demographics of the MANA Stats data set 2004 - 2009, including the intended place of birth and the type
of midwife in attendance (we have mostly CPMs but also some CNMs, naturopathic midwives, doctors of osteopathy, or midwives who identify as un-credentialed or traditional midwives who utilize the data set).
In Los Angeles, with a
qualified midwife in attendance, a healthy woman with a normal pregnancy can safely and securely give birth at home, profoundly enhancing her birth experience.
The registered nurse and student nurse placed the mother on a fetal monitor and remained with her until the baby was born hours later without the attending obstetrician or supervising certified
nurse midwife in attendance.
While I did not consider giving birth at home without
a midwife in attendance for my home birth, I know a handful of women who chose an unassisted birth and I respect them for it.
While many are blaming Fraser for her baby's death since she did not have a doctor or
midwife in attendance, no one seems to mention the fact that babies die in the hospital, where doctors are present, all the time.
Is there a problem with having
a midwife in attendance?
Another, potentially important factor to consider, is that authors did not identify the training level of
the midwife in attendance within each study reviewed.
Saying
a midwife in attendance is useless in the case of an emergency is like saying an EMT is useless or an ambulance is useless.
Indiana does not make the distinction regarding the credentialing of
the midwife in attendance; therefore, we have no knowledge of numbers or outcomes related to this variable in our state.
If not, then it is possible to rent a birthing tub and have the baby at home with a nurse - practitioner or
midwife in attendance.
Together they decide on whether to have a home birth with
a midwife in attendance, or to have their baby in a birthing center without the use of drugs - a natural childbirth.
With
a midwife in attendance, I felt a home birth was the best fit for my family.
At my home birth, I had
a midwife in attendance — she worked at Ein Karem Hadassah for 20 years — I think she knew what she was doing.
While other developed nations have turned their backs on a practice deemed old - fashioned and risky, giving birth at home with
a midwife in attendance is considered the norm here, with one - third of all babies born this way.
In contrast, a friend of mine delivered at home with
a midwife in attendance and the delivery and 9 months worth of care cost her 600 dollars which is FAR below what my 2 hospital births WITH insurance costs.
After 18 hours of labor, I gave birth to my first child bottom first in my home with my husband, doula and 2
midwives in attendance.
The study — which looked at nearly 17,000 women and their newborns — found that for planned home births with
a midwife in attendance:
Artifacts range from a wooden fire pump to bamboo skis; paintings and prints show a cyclone and women making silk; and mannequins pose in reconstructed workshops and tiny houses — one contains a tasteful depiction of childbirth, with
a midwife in attendance and the older children looking on.