"Unassisted homebirth" refers to a situation where a woman gives birth at home without the help or assistance of medical professionals, such as doctors or midwives.
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I originally started out to write
about unassisted homebirth, but I thought that might be a little out there, so I stuck with homebirth.
i also had an
unexpected unassisted homebirth, last september with my 3rd child (didn't leave for the hospital in time - thankfully, or she'd have been born in the car!)
Over at Natural Moms Talk Radio there is a great interview with Lynn Griesemer, mom of 6 and author
of Unassisted Homebirth: An Act of Love.
Between them, Cesareans and pitocin save hundreds of thousands of lives each year in the US alone, yet NCB advocates live in a bizarre mirror world in which life saving treatments are dangerous and dangerous stunts
like unassisted homebirth are without risk.
Bring Birth Home is rapidly becoming one of my favorite spots to hang around, I loved this week's post
about unassisted homebirth.
Photo courtesy of Natural Blessings Doula Services and © 2009 Sandi Heinrich Photography Josh's first skin - to - skin with his fresh, newborn sonborn gently into water at home When my wife decided to have
an unassisted homebirth - she did her best to furnish me with the best reading and preparatory material that was available.
Unfortunately, the legal climate in many areas can pressure a mom into
an unassisted homebirth.
I think the frustration on the part of readers here is not that she wanted
an unassisted homebirth, but that she INSISTED on it, and INSISTED it was a better route.
If you are one of the few souls to embark on
an unassisted homebirth, you are crazy (in a super confident way of course.)
One of the many wonderful things about having
an unassisted homebirth was that I was already at home, so there was none of that apprehension about bringing my daughter home:)
She had
an UNASSISTED homebirth.