The Bradley Method has been the source of confidence for many
women having babies in a hospital setting where they have been able to have a natural birth without being pushed into interventions they don't want.
If hospitals truly were the safest place to have a baby and 99 % of the women in this country
DO have their babies in the hospital, we should have one of the lowest maternal death rates in the world.
Although affluent and urban women
began having their babies in hospitals, however, medically underserved populations, such as rural women with limited access to hospitals and poor women who couldn't afford to give birth in the hospitals, continued to give birth at home.
Only after reading here and other places for several months have I gotten to a place where I can say that I will
gladly have my baby in the hospital and get an epidural if I should happen to have another child.
Over the years, natural birth has become the exception rather than the rule when it comes to having babies: most
women have their babies in the hospital, with drugs and surgery being all too common part of childbirth.
Just because
you have your baby in a hospital, it doesn't guarantee that either the mother, baby, or both, are «safe.»
For someone who strongly believes in the power of UC, if they were forced to
have their baby in a hospital and something awful happened, they'd have to live w / that consequence and would feel terrible about it.
If
you have your baby in a hospital, you may have a blood pressure cuff on one arm, an IV in another, and the baby swaddled in quite a few blankets.
All you have to do to
have a baby in the hospital is (1) go to the hospital and (2) proceed with either labor or a CS.
If
you have your baby in the hospital with a midwife, the chance of you having interventions is much lower.
I would do the home birth again for sure, I never want to
have another baby in hospital.
I didn't think anyone would ever want to take me as an apprentice, because I didn't consider myself «cool,»
I had my baby in a hospital, and I figured there were other women that they liked better already waiting for the job.
If
you have your baby in a hospital you'll have a midwife looking after you during birth.
«First it was, «
I had my baby in a hospital, but I didn't have an epidural,»» said Tuteur, who doesn't support home births.
The FIRST thing she said to me was «You got what you wanted,
I had the baby in a hospital!)
I know many more women who haven't done any research and
have their babies in the hospital.
If you have decided to
have your baby in a hospital or birthing center, ask if they have a birthing pool.
That is why I think the brave choice, the selfless maternal choice, is to
have your baby in the hospital.