DIY Deliveries: More Women Go It Alone (US)

[Shellbelle]

My hospital experiences have improved with each birth!!! My first labour was long, epidural, 15hrs+ labour, 3rd degree tears. 2nd birth, 5 hrs, no drugs episiotomy for severe fetal distress, and I just couldn't push her out. 3rd birth, 2hrs, no drugs, beautiful labour, everything went well until I had a severe PPH, lost over a litre of blood, Drs wanted to transfuse me, but I was happy to wait and see how I went! Started on iron tabs and Hb slowly came up by itself. This truly scared me to bits as I was border line going to theatre anyway after birth as the bleeding was uncontrollable. So I spose anything can happen hey! But I have 3 beautiful kids, and I myself can live to tell the tales!!

[blue daisy]

wow!

what a fantastic post...

at the end of the day as a midwife I have to say that birthing with the support of a doula and a support person is fantastic, but to do so without the 'presence' of someone trained in birth, is not something I agree with

I have seen the result of women choosing not to have any care, and even though it is extreme, it is not in the best of mother or child

The increasing numbers of woman unhappy with the current medical model of maternity care, is resulting in the ever widening bridge between medical and what we believe is a natural process that should not be intruded apon. This leads to an increase in women seeking homebirth alternatives, but unfortunatley there are simply not enough HB midwives to go around.

Politically speaking freebirth does not free women and their right to birth, in fact it hardens the resolve of the medical model to make birth safe (in there eyes) form many more women entering the hospital based system

everyone has made some wonderful posts, and this is where the true passion for safe natural birth will help raise the voices of women in childbirth

xx blue daisy