Not exact matches
instead
of allowing children to be
born into abject poverty and instead
of allowing kids with down syndrome to be
born into the
homes of junkies and illiterates, we can abort the children OR every person who shows up
at an anti abortion rally gets a free
baby to take
home and raise.
Some
babies were
born at home, and some under water with strains
of Bach in the background.
And just as the death
of a hospital -
born baby doesn't mean that no
baby should ever be
born in the hospital, the same should be said for
babies born at home.»
And then,
of course, there are the multitudes, ranging from your mother - in - law to strangers on the streets, who want to tell you whether you will be having a boy or girl, or the kinds
of foods mom should be eating, or how you should be playing classical music
at home so your
baby is
born a genius.
We have sooooo very much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving day, namely the birth
of our healthy, beautiful
baby boy — Julian Emerson — who was
born at 2:14 p.m.
at our
home, after a very fast and intense labor.
If you are still pregnant with your first child and you will stay
at home with your
baby after he or she is
born, I would certainly recommend postponing any purchase
of breast pump.
Dr Shearer 1985: «When I started in general practice in 1954 about a third
of all
babies were
born at home, and only women with problems and a few primiparas were able to book a bed in the local hospital, St John's Chelmsford.
My
baby boy, the biggest
of my three children, was
born peacefully
at home in water, only 19 months after I'd had a traumatic cesarean.
My wife and I had our first 2 in a hospital and it almost killed them because
of the drugs they forced on my wife the last 2 were
born at home in a pool the 1st homebirth we had a midwife present the 2nd one the midwife was an hour and a half late so I delivered our daughter by myself it was awsome and now my wife is PG with our 5th
baby we have the same midwife who was late to our last birth and we already know she is not going to be here ontime mostly because she lives 2 hours away from where we live and we are ok with this.
There is a much higher rate
of infections to new moms and
babies in hospitals than
born at home.
Babies born at home must be tested within a week
of birth.
Possibly this northern Indiana neonatologist was from that region, but either way, a neonatal intensive care unit could not financially sustain itself on the admissions
of only
babies born at home, even if every single one was admitted in his county.
I have had five
babies, all came out
of my nether regions, one was
born at home with fantastic community midwives, and one started out as a homebirth and ended up in hospital.
But it wasn't safer than a hospital birth,
at least not if the definition
of safety is was your
baby more
at risk
of dying because she was
born at home.
We have had several
home birth
babies die in our community over the past year, and looking
at the medical records it seems very unlikely that any
of them would have died had they been
born in a hospital.
But on reflection, it strikes me as perfectly possible that a fair number
of the most compromised
babies, who would end up ill or disabled (for whatever reason) if
born in hospital will simply die if
born at home.
«The Netherlands, where 36 %
of babies are
born at home, has lower maternal and neonatal mortality rates than the US.»
It is certainly not known whether it would have made the slightest bit
of difference if the
baby was
born in hospital instead
of at home, or if prenatal care would have helped either.
I'll give you another study to consider: Amos Grunebaum, a well - respected currently practicing OB - GYN has found that
babies born at home are 10x more likely to have a 5 - minute Apgar score
of 0.
Does the fact that your question falls right between two tragic stories
of home birth — injured
babies, one
of whom was
born * yesterday * have any impact on you
at all?
a a doula myself for a few years, when I found myself pregnant for the 3rd time, some how I decided to make the less popular choice
of having an unassisted birth... (I will spare everyone here the lecture on how much healthier it is for both mom and
baby to be
born at home!
By your rationalization
of «planning» vs «considering,» you won't have planned a homebirth until after the
baby is
born at home because
at any time during labour you might decide to transfer to hospital care and your
baby might be
born there.
We also excluded those with no missing breastfeeding data (3), or who were
born outside the UK (25), or who moved UK country between birth and 9 months (144), or were delivered
at home (346) or on the way to hospital (36), or for whom hospital
of birth was missing or not identified (95) or were delivered in units where the
Baby Friendly Accreditation Award had been removed (142).
«If you have a
baby that's
born at home, and especially in an unassisted birth, regardless
of the fact that the coroner said, «This
baby would not have survived,» you know, there are still people that will blame me for my
baby's death,» Shanley said.
«No matter where a
baby is
born, they deserve the same standard
of care,» says Dr. Kristi Watterberg, a neonatologist and professor
of pediatrics
at the University
of New Mexico who is the lead author
of the AAP's
home birth guidelines.
Rothman said the data suggesting
home births result in more infant deaths are skewed by the inclusion
of babies that were
born at home accidentally - such as when a woman goes into labor prematurely or didn't know she was pregnant.
My husband, sentimental guy that he is, was worried that if the
baby was
born at home we would be compelled to live in the same house the rest
of our lives so as not to sever the connection to the birthplace.
«Each year approximately 800
babies are
born at home in Illinois to families who choose to have their children
at home for deeply held religious or philosophical reasons,» said Colette Bernhard, vice president
of Illinois Families for Midwifery.
Natalie Ainge, Saltaire, Bradford, UK Photo: Natalie & Bruce My
baby boy, the biggest
of my three children, was
born peacefully
at home in water, only 19 months after I'd had a traumatic cesarean.
Furthermore, it is impossible to comprehend how Dr. Barton could label all couples electing to have their
babies born at home guilty of child abuse («Home delivery is actually child abuse&raqu
home guilty
of child abuse («
Home delivery is actually child abuse&raqu
Home delivery is actually child abuse»).
But even with this renewed interest, fewer than 1 percent
of babies in the United States are
born at home.
Using a mashup
of statistics from different sources, I calculated that risk as being about 1 in 15 for
babies born at home.
As almost all
of the USA premature
babies (first cause
of neonatal death) are
born at a hospital since they are high risk, you should take them out
of the Comparison because they are not being
born at home.
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.
Just because your
baby is
born at home does not mean that you do not give them vitamin K (
of course, it is always a choice, even in a hospital) but you can give your
baby vitamin K if you have a
home birth - you just have your pediatrician give it to the
baby.
(early neonatal death means the
baby was
born alive but died sometime in the first seven days), a
baby is three times more likely to die
at a
home birth in the USA with a mortality rate
of 1.71 / 1000 versus only 0.64 / 1000
babies dying in the Netherlands.
A comparison
of adverse neonatal outcomes did not identify increased risk for
babies born at home as part
of the HBDP.
This means for every 10,000
babies born to low risk moms
at home with a CPM, 7
babies will die that would have lived had the mother been under the care
of a CNM
at a birth center.
This means for every 10,000
babies born at home with a CPM, 12
babies will die that would have lived had the mother been under the care
of a CNM
at a birth center.
A
home birth is then just shy
of two times more likely to end in the loss
of life
of a
baby than if the
baby were
born at a birth center with a CNM.
Babies born at home at over ten times the risk of having no signs of life at five minutes of age; babies born at nonhospital birth centers at over 3.5 times the risk: Apgar score of 0 at 5 minutes and neonatal seizures or serious neurologic dysfunction in relation to birth s
Babies born at home at over ten times the risk
of having no signs
of life
at five minutes
of age;
babies born at nonhospital birth centers at over 3.5 times the risk: Apgar score of 0 at 5 minutes and neonatal seizures or serious neurologic dysfunction in relation to birth s
babies born at nonhospital birth centers
at over 3.5 times the risk: Apgar score
of 0
at 5 minutes and neonatal seizures or serious neurologic dysfunction in relation to birth setting
Having your
baby at home doesn't actually decrease the chance that your
baby will need to be
born by c - section, but it does decrease your chances
of having a c - section.
The fact is, most
babies born at home will survive the kinds
of in - womb conditions that would earn them a c - section in a hospital.
When a
baby is obstructed in labour
at home, or
born with hypoxic brain injury, the delay in transferring to a tertiary hospital may result in permanent severe disability that will persist for the rest
of that person's life.
The supposedly unbiased article reads like an ad for Nestlé, hitting all
of the formula industry's main talking points including repeatedly mentioning that breastfeeding is difficult and not everyone can do it, advising that mothers have a tin
of formula waiting
at home before their
baby is
born, claiming that formula is as close as possible to breastmilk, and even recommending a specific Nestlé brand.
In fact, the largest and most rigorous study
of home birth internationally to date found that among 5,000 healthy, «low - risk» women,
babies were
born just as safely
at home under a midwife's care as in the hospital.
Establish a relationship in advance with a pediatrician or family doctor (or group
of doctors) in your community who'll be able to see your
baby a day or two after he's
born and is, ideally, supportive
of your choice to deliver
at home.
I'll be the first to admit... sometimes I was
bored out
of my mind while
at home with my
babies.
Although its been a
boring 13 weeks
at home on bedrest, I know my
babies are getting closer and closer to coming out
of the hospital
at the same time as I do!
As Jennifer Block mentions in her response to the Daily Beast, we know from more than half a dozen large - scale studies carried out in several different countries, including England and the Netherlands (where almost a third
of babies are
born at home), that planned
home birth with competent attendants is as safe as or safer than hospital birth.