One of my favorite doulas in south Florida, Lisa Raynor (right) who works with expecting
moms planning hospitals births in Broward and Palm Beach county, she is well known by nurses, OBGYNS and midwives in Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Northwest Medical Center, Broward Health Medical Center, and far far more.
Not exact matches
In addition to getting to know each other over the course of the
mom's pregnancy — learning about her hopes, fears, and wants for her
birth experience — home birthing
moms also have
birth plans to clarify things like which post-
birth procedures the family does and doesn't want (like vitamin K shot, eye ointment, etc.), and preferred
hospitals and care providers to call in case of transfer.
Dear
Mom - to - be currently
planning on an Out of
hospital birth, i can hear you tsk - tsking and I can see you shaking your head.
-- Margie Groeninger,
Mom of Amaya and Mateo,
planned hospital births at Kaiser
The
hospital bag is packed by the door, the
birth plan is printed, the route to the
hospital is
planned out, and
Mom - to - be has timed how long it will take to get there.
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We have NICU nurses who are saying things along the lines of, «Well, if
moms were less strict about their
birth plan, if they compromised a little bit more, if they didn't have to have everything their way, then we'd probably have healthier
births in the
hospital.»
There is also research showing that
moms who
planned to give
birth at home (regardless of where they actually had their babies) ended up with fewer interventions, such as episiotomies and c - sections, compared with a group of equally low - risk women who had
planned hospital deliveries.
Though there have been various kinds of parenting that have been considered «mainstream» over the years, the parenting subcultures I most often hear referred to as «alternative» parenting styles tend to be the ones that some folks might describe as being kind of «hippie - ish» in nature:
moms who intentionally
plan to
birth outside of
hospitals;
moms who breastfeed beyond six months or a year; folks who babywear, especially if they do so more than they use a stroller or continue to do so well into toddlerhood; parents who co-sleep or use a family bed, especially past early infancy; free range parents; unschooling parents, and so on and so forth.
Moms and doulas are the best resources for finding the right place to
plan a natural
hospital birth.
That means that it included women who gave
birth in the
hospital but had
planned a home
birth, showing that yes, women can
plan a home
birth and transfer to
hospital if needed without any adverse affects to
mom or baby.