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I know it's quite a controversial topic, wondering what people think of it ?
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Home births are only controversial when speaking with someone who is either fearful, uninformed, or believes the media in the US about birth being not safe and all that jazz.
There are two types of midwives, one a CNM certified nurse midwife who delivers the babies predominately in the hospital and is often subject to hospital protocols. And the other a Home birth midwife. There are a variety of labels for these home birth midwives depending their training and which exams they've taken (or not taken).
Unassisted births, well, make sure you do your research on this one. It is something that you might consider hiring a midwife for your prenatal care, so that you know you are in an appropriate condition to safely consider unassisted (with a back up midwife if you end up wanting her).
Allow me to elaborate a little on home births and midwifery, as I am a doula, a childbirth educator, and in the middle of my third year in home birth midwifery education/training.
A home birth midwife, before agreeing to work with you, will go over your health history and take note of any risk factors that would indicate you are or aren't a candidate for home birth. Once you and she have agreed to work with each other, she will provide prenatal care, just as a doctor would (depending on the state and the licensing in that state). In many states where midwifery is legal, midwives have lab privileges. That means that there will still be blood draws, blood pressures taken, heart beats listened to and so on.
A home birth midwife is far more likely to prevent complications of pregnancy because they don't have the hospital equipment for emergency types of things. They are more educated on the effects of nutrition on pregnancy. Not just the eat right for your baby, but the details of how eating appropriately prevents a wide variety of complications for both you and your baby.
Of course every midwife has her own special touch and uniqueness. Prior to any procedure, you will be given full information so that you are making choices, not being told to do this or that, but rather, this or that is an option and here are the pros and cons of both this and that.
At a birth, again, the methods vary. A big difference is that this midwife has been your care provider your entire pregnancy. She knows already what is normal for you and can easily recognize the not normal and by doing so, better keep both you and your baby safe.
The US has this idea that births are not safe and need to be medicalized for our protection. 95% of births in the US occur in the hospital. You'd think that with all this fancy equipment and constant monitoring that we would have an amazing ranking internationally for super birth outcomes... but we don't. I believe it is the WHO that has gathered all the birth statistics from a majority of the worlds countries. We are ranked somewhere in the mid thirties (number one being best) out of all the other nations, in the infant mortality outcomes! What are the 30some other developed and not so developed countries doing differently and better than us when it comes to labor and birth?... Midwives!
Only 5% of births in the US are home births. In a surprising number of states, it is still not legal. It is actually quite concerning that the US would prevent women from having a safer option other than hospital births.
If you would like to, you can check out my blog, that is mainly based on pregnancy and birth topics. It is www dot Mother Birth Speaks dot com.
Home births are only controversial when speaking with someone who is either fearful, uninformed, or believes the media in the US about birth being not safe and all that jazz.
There are two types of midwives, one a CNM certified nurse midwife who delivers the babies predominately in the hospital and is often subject to hospital protocols. And the other a Home birth midwife. There are a variety of labels for these home birth midwives depending their training and which exams they've taken (or not taken).
Unassisted births, well, make sure you do your research on this one. It is something that you might consider hiring a midwife for your prenatal care, so that you know you are in an appropriate condition to safely consider unassisted (with a back up midwife if you end up wanting her).
Allow me to elaborate a little on home births and midwifery, as I am a doula, a childbirth educator, and in the middle of my third year in home birth midwifery education/training.
A home birth midwife, before agreeing to work with you, will go over your health history and take note of any risk factors that would indicate you are or aren't a candidate for home birth. Once you and she have agreed to work with each other, she will provide prenatal care, just as a doctor would (depending on the state and the licensing in that state). In many states where midwifery is legal, midwives have lab privileges. That means that there will still be blood draws, blood pressures taken, heart beats listened to and so on.
A home birth midwife is far more likely to prevent complications of pregnancy because they don't have the hospital equipment for emergency types of things. They are more educated on the effects of nutrition on pregnancy. Not just the eat right for your baby, but the details of how eating appropriately prevents a wide variety of complications for both you and your baby.
Of course every midwife has her own special touch and uniqueness. Prior to any procedure, you will be given full information so that you are making choices, not being told to do this or that, but rather, this or that is an option and here are the pros and cons of both this and that.
At a birth, again, the methods vary. A big difference is that this midwife has been your care provider your entire pregnancy. She knows already what is normal for you and can easily recognize the not normal and by doing so, better keep both you and your baby safe.
The US has this idea that births are not safe and need to be medicalized for our protection. 95% of births in the US occur in the hospital. You'd think that with all this fancy equipment and constant monitoring that we would have an amazing ranking internationally for super birth outcomes... but we don't. I believe it is the WHO that has gathered all the birth statistics from a majority of the worlds countries. We are ranked somewhere in the mid thirties (number one being best) out of all the other nations, in the infant mortality outcomes! What are the 30some other developed and not so developed countries doing differently and better than us when it comes to labor and birth?... Midwives!
Only 5% of births in the US are home births. In a surprising number of states, it is still not legal. It is actually quite concerning that the US would prevent women from having a safer option other than hospital births.
If you would like to, you can check out my blog, that is mainly based on pregnancy and birth topics. It is www dot Mother Birth Speaks dot com.
Do you have a TTC success story to share with me?
nadia
DH and I have been TTC for the past 11 cycles now. I'm currently on CD 7, waiting to O. Anyway, I have been feeling pretty low lately. I was wondering if there are women out there with TTC success stories/blogs/journals online to share with me. I don't want to quit, but need lots of inspiration to continue on this journey.
It would mean so much to me. Thanks a lot.
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Hi Nadia ... yeah, similar story. I'm now a year into charting and last month was the worst - really sad, depressed about it all, as I have 3 pregnant friends right now, and it was so easy for them. So, I sent a teary e-mail to my friend because I remember her trying for 2 years. She told me that the first month they used a fertility monitor, they got pregnant! I'm going to try that this month for the first time -- hey we all need to keep our hopes up, eh?! Maybe think about using OPKs which are pretty cheap online (around $0.85 each test if you buy 30). I'm on day 4 waiting to ovulate, so let's keep each other posted as we go through this one! Best of luck : and baby dust *~*~*~*~*~*
Hi Nadia ... yeah, similar story. I'm now a year into charting and last month was the worst - really sad, depressed about it all, as I have 3 pregnant friends right now, and it was so easy for them. So, I sent a teary e-mail to my friend because I remember her trying for 2 years. She told me that the first month they used a fertility monitor, they got pregnant! I'm going to try that this month for the first time -- hey we all need to keep our hopes up, eh?! Maybe think about using OPKs which are pretty cheap online (around $0.85 each test if you buy 30). I'm on day 4 waiting to ovulate, so let's keep each other posted as we go through this one! Best of luck : and baby dust *~*~*~*~*~*
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