Dont have a homebirth, you'll Die!

[mummy2aiden]

so I recently told a friend I'd LOVE to have a home birth if I ever have another baby and she responded with "what, do you want to die" ..

Also, during the convo she mentioned she stayed in hospital for 2 weeks and said she hated it, and I said "Another good thing about a home birth, no hospital" and she said "But you have to go there after you have the baby to get it checked, incase they need treatment." ........ ???

Does anyone have some info on home birth vs hospital birth? re: interventions, csection rate etc .. Thanx

[Schmickers]

Hi there mummy2aiden,

Facing misunderstanding or fear in the community regarding your decision can be frustrating!

I have lots of reputable scientific studies on homebirth at home, but I'm at work right now and don't have access to them. It's Dw's birthday and we are going out tonight, so I may have time to pop on and post some stuff, but it may not be until late.

Rest assured, your friend's ideas are based more on hollywood drama than on the real science around homebirth, and rvery reputable study that examined a planned homebirth with a trained health professional found that for women with low risk factors, it was as safe as hospital birth, if not safer. Your midwife can perform your newborn baby check, and if you would like a medical baby check, it can be performed by your GP or through your local hospital maternity clinic.

[mummy2aiden]

Thankyou!! I am single though .. so this probably is'nt going to be quite some time yet, if ever, lol... But its what I'd like to do .. I've recently had a vbac .. so a home birth is the next step

[willow5]

I would like to have a home birth too, but I really don't think I'm having any more babies I wish I had been a bit more educated with my first 2, I was more well informed with DS3 , but still didn't get to the home birth. *sigh*

(I noticed your ticker today is 3 months, 3 weeks & 3 days BF 3 threes )

[mummy2aiden]

LOL, i didnt even notice that on my ticker .. hehe

I wish i was more educated with my first too.. The "reccommended" epidural just incase .. ugh ..

My daughter was a VBAC so I don't think I trusted my body enough this time for a homebirth, unfortunately, but I know I can do it now ..

[Kazbah]

2 weeks was a long time for her to be in hospy - sounds like she may not have had an easy birth, and maybe that's where she's coming from?

I guess that the ultimate answer is that it wasn't until the 1940's that hospital birth became "normal", and it was Queen Victoria who pushed her doctors to find pain relief during birth. So the human race did pretty darn good until then to manage to survive. Sure, there were cesareans but these were only performed to birth a child during or after the mother's death ...

I've just been researching spinning babies (google it!) and they have a pile of positions to give birth in during the various phases / descent of the bub through the birth canal, to give optimum positioning - have a look, it's an entire science in itself!