In July, the two
of us Birth at Home owners had the special treat of attending the birth of one of our students as a doula / photographer team.
One
of our Birth at Home blog readers just sent in this short anecdote to us....
After a first degree in music and psychology, she gained an MPhil from Keele in 1998, researching into Mothers» Experience
of Birth at Home and in Hospital.
We received a letter from Dowswell and colleagues on the feasibility of conducting a trial to compare the effects
of birth at home and in hospital.
The Colorado Midwives Association supports and promotes the option
of birth at home for childbearing families in Colorado.
One
of our Birth at Home blog readers just sent in this short anecdote to us....
While the prenatal class options for pregnant women and their partners are plentiful, classes focused specifically on home birth preparation seemed scarce, if not non-existent, prior to the development
of Birth at Home prenatal classes.
March 2014 — A new data brief issued by the National Center for Health Statistics reveals that the number
of births at home and in birth centers in the United States continues to increase.
Around 12 percent
of births at home happen because of an unforeseen emergency, and many of them, MacDorman says, have negative outcomes — hence a higher mortality rate, tipping the scales against midwives.
Not exact matches
This fall, our team members in and around Chicago, Boston, and Philadelphia volunteered with Cradles to Crayons, a national organization that provides children from
birth through age 12 with essential items — all free
of charge — to help them thrive
at home,
at school, and
at play.
After experiencing years
of abuse from family members and friends, Winfrey ran away from
home and bore a child
at age 14 who died shortly after
birth.
Although remaining
at home in Kalgoorlie following the recent
birth of a child, Ms Dimer was exhibiting last week
at the Moores Contemporary Art Gallery, as part
of a combined Central Desert, Goldfields and South East Western Australia indigenous collection.
In 2011, about 30 %
of Canadian fathers stayed
home for
at least a little while after the
birth of their babies.
Revd Jim Percival and his daughter Ruth were originally arrested by police in 2014 on suspicion and conspiracy to conceal the
birth of a child, after police found the body
of a baby boy
at their
home in Freckleton, Lancashire.
Jesus»
birth at Bethlehem has been questioned, because it seems unlikely that in a census people would be required to travel to the
home of their ancestors.
It was particularly vital
at those times in which man sensed the mystery
of life and growth, namely
birth, puberty, marriage and death, the sowing
of crops, the spring lambing, the building
of a new
home, the going forth to battle.
Gothard's teachings involve rules upon rules all dealing with the outward, dress, hair, smiling, bright eyes, no
birth control or dating, no higher education for girls who must stay in the
home until the father decides what they should do, how God blesses and is happy with you if you do such and such, so many rules, those who really wanted to please God were under the weight
of things they could never accomplish... plus the male regime and women having to be careful not to defraud men by their dress or looks made it so easy for sexual predatory behaviors to take hold and the woman
at fault for the man's problems and such... ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!! No wonder some
of the children
of this regime became athiests.
With 1,500
of them out there converting two Chin - amen apiece per annum against an uphill
birth rate
of 33,000 pagans per day, it will take upward
of a million years to make the conversions balance the output and bring the Christianizing
of the country in sight to the naked eye; therefore, if we can offer our missionaries as rich a field
at home at lighter expense and quite satisfactory in the matter
of danger, why shouldn't they find it fair and right to come back and give us a trial?
Frankie Perez never felt
at home in Mexico, so immediately after finishing his secondary education in Aguascalientes he returned to the U.S. Without any particular intent or design, Raul and Maria had given
birth to a profoundly binational family — a family, like millions
of others, with relationships stretched irreversibly across the line.
We appreciate our hospital system, our legal
home births, our midwifery model
of care (particularly in our neck
of the woods with the incredible program running
at UBC) and supportive communities for breastfeeding and natural parenting.
Fabian Senninger has pledged his international future to Nigeria ahead
of Germany, the country
of his
birth and his father as he feels more
at home with the national team
of the country where his mother hails from.
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.
I hope they have a great selection
of home -
birth mid-wives,
birth centers, and natural -
birth - friendly hospitals
at their disposal.
In my case, I could use an example
of how I «chose» to have my baby in a hospital instead
of at home or in a
birth centre or how I «chose» to go back to work when my baby was 3 months old.
The largest study
of its kind has found that for low - risk women, giving
birth at home is as safe as doing so in hospital with a midwife.
My second baby was 10 lbs 1oz and giving
birth to him in our bathtub
at home was one
of the most exhilarating and empowering experiences
of my life.
I don't really think
of home birth as «extreme,» but I get a LOT
of looks and questions when I tell people my son was born
at home.
When we choose our care provider
at the beginning
of my pregnancy, we felt that if we had a scrap, the CPM had more
home birth experience than the CNM.
Turn Your Buddies into Uncles After being tied up
at home in the months before and after the
birth, your friends get the idea that you are out
of circulation and joining them to watch a game, or to just hang out, is no longer an option.
I am a big believer in the power
of a woman's body (both to give
birth and to nourish her baby) and I had my son
at home with the help
of my midwives.
Some
of them include
home birth (my son was a footling breech and born
at home), breastfeeding (I've shared my experiences
of nursing while pregnant and tandem nursing), and informed healthcare decisions (why we delay / selectively vaccinate).
She feels the insinuation that women who
birth at home do it to feed their own ego
at the expense
of their child is «a crock.»
Yet in the majority
of cases a midwife - attended
birth in a birthing center or
at home is just as safe.
I'm still holding out some hope that somehow this claim will be acknowledged and then (* gasp *) approved and they will cut me a check for
at least part
of the $ 2200 I paid for my
home birth.
People will change the story to suit them, so if your baby was «saved» by going unassisted, by birthing
at home, or in a
birth center, by having an epidural, or by having a c - section or a whole host
of other interventions, you will find SOME reason to justify it.
About 90 percent
of deliveries I do are
at home and the remaining ten percent are about evenly split between the hospitals and the
birth center.
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.
I am an absolute advocate
of home births and if you read my previous comments you will see that I delivered all
of my children
at home, WITH a skilled midwife.
Education during pregnancy rarely has anything serious to do with breastfeeding, and since breastfeeding is perceived by most pre-parenthood women to be a natural, instinctive thing instead
of a learned behavior (on both mom & baby's part) if it doesn't go absolutely perfectly from the first moments they may feel something is wrong with THEM and clam up about it while quietly giving the baby the hospital - offered bottle along with the bag
of formula samples they give out «just in case» even if you explicitly tell them you're breastfeeding (which was my experience with my firstborn in 2004 and one
of the many highly informed reasons I chose to
birth my next two
at home).
Fathers were much less likely to be involved after the
birth if their baby's mother lived with her parents during the pregnancy — and
of course the very young mothers were more likely to have been living with their own parents (or with one
of them): 63 %
of the youngest group
of mums lived «
at home» while only 13 %
of those aged 22 or over did so.
Giving
birth in the comfort
of your own
home has the benefits
of intermittent monitoring (as opposed to constant monitoring
at the hospital), fewer vaginal checks and is a great alternative to hospital
birth if you have experience with previous fast labors.
She also has a great understanding
of women who planned to
birth at home and were transferred to the hospital, as well as attachment parenting issues.
Most people that choose to
birth at home have only chosen after extensive research and feel that the small risk
of a serious complication is preferable to the high rate
of intervention in a hospital setting (including the 33 % national caesarean section rate.)
Make the most
of your time and money with a prenatal class that's catered specifically to your plans to
birth at home.
Things like choosing the type
of provider, giving
birth at home or hospital, which laboratory tests or how many ultrasounds, if any, are necessary, how her labor is monitored, and risks and benefits
of any interventions.
We were inspired to make the film by the injustice happening to Anna's
home birth midwife, Agnes Gereb, who had been imprisoned and
at the time
of filming was under house arrest and facing multiple criminal charges (and even today, four years later, Agnes is still facing multiple charges).
«If there is fear, stress or anxiety about
birth in general, about the unknowns
of birth or about what would happen if complications arose during the
home birth, it is unlikely that the woman would feel
at ease enough to allow her body to do what it needs to do.»
Most people that choose to
birth at home have chosen this option after extensive research and feel that the small risk
of a serious complication is preferable to the high rate
of interventions in a hospital setting (including the 33 % national caesarean section rate, 45 %
at some local hospitals).
In terms
of your health care providers, «some families
birth unassisted, while others have a team
of midwives and a doula,» says Maria Moser, a writer who chronicles her
home birth story
at Change Diapers.
Most people that choose to
birth at home have only chosen after extensive research and feel that the small risk
of a serious complication is preferable to the high rate
of interventions in a hospital setting (including the 33 % national caesarean section rate.)