An
"uncomplicated birth" means that the process of giving birth went smoothly and without any problems or difficulties.
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I have no idea if that «one born every minute» show in the US is representative of birth in the US, but it was completely shocking the way medical intervention was so routine
in uncomplicated births and women who refused such interventions were disrespected.
It's understandable to want a «natural,
uncomplicated birth without interventions,» although my wife VERY much wanted (and got) an epidural.
I spent the majority of my nursing career in high - risk labor situations and rarely got the opportunity to witness
natural uncomplicated births as beautiful as yours.
Since even
apparently uncomplicated births in low risk women can naturally end in death for babies and mothers, birth outside the hospital is essentially a gamble.
In
an uncomplicated birth, caregivers try to take advantage of the infant's alert period immediately after birth and encourage feeding and holding of the baby.
Did the study show that homebirth increases the risk of perinatal death and brain damage or did it show that homebirth is safe for rigorously screened women who have had
uncomplicated births in the past?
We had
an uncomplicated birth and it would of most likely gone the other way at a hospital because my son was an unforeseen 10 pounds and born on July 4.»
In
an uncomplicated birth, the nurse will call an obstetrician when you're close to delivering and he or she will only arrive to deliver the baby.
And
an uncomplicated birth is a retrospective diagnosis.
I was fortunate enough to go through two
uncomplicated births, and never questioned the level of care I received — I just took it for granted.