Forget the hospital, I can give birth wherever I want
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2016
- Bathtub births are not just a celebrity trend. While more and more women are rejecting hospital-based maternity care, many still lack access to adequate prenatal care to begin with. These midwives are working to empower the women who disproportionately face the worst birth outcomes in America.
There is this weird dichotomy in women's healthcare where a woman's right to abortion is being championed as her body, her choice. Then it comes to birth, and many of those choices are removed. Some states have very restrictive midwife and homebirth laws.
Stacy B not suprising. Its crazy though. Women was made to give birth and to think we need a medical professional to give birth now. Anything else is unacceptable and your not a good parent if u do other wise. Backwards
I think the 2 have nothing to do with each other. One is the right to chose whether or not you want to have a baby, while giving birth is a very high risk situation which involves TWO people and not just one, your baby is now a living being which would survive on his/her own, and ignorantly refusing to give birth in a protected and safe enviroment out of fear or ignorance would harm both you and the baby. People do not realize just how many things can go wrong during birth, good luck with your water pool and your midwife in the middle of nowhere while you're bleeding out! It can go very smoothly but the chance that it could go south are there, many women are risking it out of a misguided hatred for hospitals and the medical profession.
THIS
meggyspencer Since when is giving birth an emergency? I get there are women who are high risk but birth within itself is not an emergency.
Gaby Daily exactly
In the Netherlands home birth is covered by insurance but if you want to give birth in a hospital without a medical reason then you have to pay about 400$ extra for that. If the midwife see you as a higher risk then hospital birth would be covered.
Michelle Bennett a true first world country!
US healthcare is a mess!
Michelle Bennett America is backwards. I live in Canada and cant believe they share a border with us and are so behind othrr 1st world countries
Michelle Bennett i wish i could go there just to give birth
That’s because you badically just rent the hospital room. Same as if you were to go go to a hotel. You still bring your own midwife... the hospital staff only come in if medically necessary. So very safe and still very personal.
Btw, you can expand your standard insurance so they will also cover the hospital birth.
Birth and death should happen at home whenever desired and possible.... we have become too far removed from the basics of life, allowing others to decide. Hospitals exist to cure things and prolong life when that is necessary. In birth and death, that is not usually so.
I had 2 homebirths but my second birth was in the hospital due to increased risk factors. One of the things that got me thinking about homebirth was being by my grandfather's side when he passed away. It took about a week, but he wanted to die with dignity and without painkillers, in his right mind. It was extremely meaningful (and painful to watch) and I'm grateful he allowed us to be there with him through that.
When I was pregnant with my first, I knew I wanted my children to be born into the world in the same kind of intimate setting that my grandfather left this world. I wanted my children to benefit from that sense of family and belonging and love and home and face bringing new life into the world with (hopefully) the same courage and wonderment that I saw in him when he was leaving it.
Once upon a time I thought about having a baby at home. I'm having mono di twins who are concerned high risk pregnancy. Hospital is the safest outcome for my twins.
I was an emergency c-section. I turned breech when my mother’s water broke. She would have died if I hadn’t been born in a hospital. I would love to have a home birth, but my family history is just too bad for me to risk it.
I know women who never had more children though they wanted them because they were so traumatized by their hospital births. If it's soo safe, then why are maternal death rates so high when only 1% are homebirths? Why do birthing centers have a 5% c-section rate vs 32% at hospitals? I'd never have a hospital birth unless it was so high risk that it was the only option.
For your first point, it's because those doing home birth are lower risk and they can do that
I hope to have all my kids at home. Since my mom had 5 kids all at home.
"Walked in and started talking about golf" ???!!! holy cow, those 2 should have been severely disciplined, medical privacy is legally protected!
Christine Cameron doctors small talk to each other while doing stuff all the time it’s not illegal
Amber Lilly I think if you're uncomfortable with a situation like that you should speak up. They probably leave the room and not mind.
I had nurses talking about sitting on faces and calling a patient a racial slur outside my room. They get away with so much, it’s not like I can report nurses when I can’t see them or figure out who they were. I just did a review the hospital sent me and let them know what I experienced.
This midwife is incredible! 💗💗💗
I just had my daughter Aura Sophia Sept 11th on the back porch!. My first child was a c section almost 10 years ago. Give birth how you want.... its not as dangerous as they make it out to be
I preferred a home birth in 1973 and 1975 but there were no midwives then and no doctor would help me at home. So the best I could do was to find an OB-GYN who agreed to a Lamaze trained mother and fathers in the birthing room. l was highly trained, I felt empowered and I gave birth in the hospital with my OB twice, without any drugs I particularly did not want the drugs to go into my sons. I wanted to be awake, in control, and I wanted to nurse. As far as I was concerned I just wanted the doctor to get out of my way and let mw do my job...and that was to birth my baby. I was not high risk, I was younger, age 23 and 25 and my two sons both had an APGAR of 9 and both nursed 100% until they were ready to be weaned. This was the experience I desired. This was the kind of birth I wanted and the one I got.
I will have to have my baby in hospital as I'm type 1 diabetic and it's safer for me and the baby which I have to go with. But hospital birth certainly in Ireland and UK and America are the same, there is something slightly degrading about the way hospital birth is conducted. Some hospitals insist on a woman giving birth on her back, the proven least comfortable way to give birth and not the natural way at all. This is one of the main reasons for women needing episiotomies, stitches, forceps etc. Legs on stirrups and a light shining down there and multiples people in the room in scary clinical garb. Constantly hooked up to something, uncomfortable and already in pain. It's about making it easy and more efficient for them not the woman! If hospitals had more resources like birthing pools, and moving around and basically letting the women be in control and maybe birthing suites should be made less clinical, after all in most normal low risk pregnancies the women isn't sick just pregnant!
They should really describe the difference between CPM and CNM for viewers looking into it..
Definitely agree.
One statistic I would be very curious to see is I know that United States has the highest infant mortality rate in hospitals and I wonder what the rate is in-home births.
I don't want a hospital birth but for me I don't think a home birth will be possible in the future because I have a congenital heart condition..
If I can even have kids one day..
I'm the kind of women who prefers a hospital just incase something goes wrong atleast I'll know my baby is gonna be alright
Mac Beauty It is silly you can't have both in most places where midwives are the normal way to go the midwives have hospital privileges so you have a midwife who looks after you and births the baby but it happens in a hospital or birth center or even at home if you want.
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Ninette Beauty's that's right!
I had my three children at home, hospitals are dirty and full of bad germs. The one time i went to the hospital i got a bad bacterial infection, i will never go to a hospital again!!!
lishia red how awesome! The home birth part, of course! I am currently pregnant with baby #3, we are planning a second home birth. My first was in the hospital and it was pure torture, so much trauma. My home birth was almost magical, for lack of a better term. Isn't it amazing what our bodies can do?!
lishia red I worked in housekeeping in a hospital and I will be giving birth in that same hospital (Im high risk) I know what to ask for and will be calling housekeeping to clean my bed while I watch, ha ha. I've seen beds with blood after being "cleaned".
Keeping someone on machines is also good bussiness. Birth and prolonging a rightful death=money for hospitals
Hospitals aren't trying to kill you, Flaca. Having higher rates of deaths raises the hospital's chances for liability.
I am an American expat living in Italy. Honestly, I couldn't imagine giving birth at home here. I am terribly afraid of something going wrong in the middle of the delivery. Like with my first child. His head got stuck and the doctor needed to use the vacuum to get him out.
The hospital that I gave birth at was great. The maternity section is run by midwives with one doctor present in the delivery room for emergencies only. They even had me sign a waiver which stated that they would only use medical intervention if absolutely necessary. There was even a time where I had anemia and they opted to give me iron through an IV, rather than give me a blood transfusion, which has a small risk of infection or catching some disease hidden in the blood that they may have missed.
There was always at least two midwives and two women from the nursery (not sure what to call them) on call 24/7. They were always calm and patient. The care there was personalized to each woman. The thing that I liked most about the hospital was that I got to meet other mothers that live near me. That was priceless for me because I have only been here for 4 years and don't have many close friends. Now I am good friends with a lady who gave birth 3 days after me and lives withiin walking distance and I still keep in touch with my roomate from thje hospital.
I am 7 month pregnant with my second and plan on having a hospital birth again. This time I am giving birth at an even closer hospital (so I expect to meet more mothers who live nearby). I chose this one instead of going back to the same hospital because this place offers private rooms for a price. A roommate was nice for the first baby but I want my space now. ;)
I am not against home births at all, but I also don't think people should start bashing hospital births either.
Edit: I think I would be being dishonest if I didn't also add that my maternity care throughout the term of the pregnancy was handled by a private OB-GYN. I chose her only because she is was within walking distance of my house, but later I found out that women can wait for hours to be seen by an OB GYN in a public hospital.
melodramatic7904 your smart that was a good choice
Insurance barely covered my hospital payments. I’m so stressed and scared about how we will afford the bills :/ but not being in pain and having an easy quick birth for my first baby was so worth it haha I might be broke but I had the pain killers haha 😂
Miss Mallory I'd worry about the bills later .. the safety of my child would come first!
I wanted to do this but sadly I got preeclampsia and had to be induced maybe with my next
Amber Lilly I'm so sorry that happened, hopefully you can have the birth you want one day!
@@Mrs.Winegarden she has a healthy baby. She has nothing to be disappointed about.
I wanted a at home birth with my oldest but I am glad she was born at a hospital. All of my babies were born in a hospital. I was able to have a midwife with my younger daughter.
hospital is save because of adequate care what if an emergency occur then what next ?
Benz estate I so agree with u!!!
I need this lady whats her name and how do i get ahold of her
Courtney Earnhart true. Im in Illinois its hard to find people like this.
Courtney Earnhart is there a specific site to find midwifes that do home births
Honestly I gave birth in a hospital and it was amazing, my room was clean and modern and very nice there was a bed for me and my partner as well as a fridge and it was very homely. I had very wonderful midwifes that let me do what I wanted stayed out of the room when I was in labor and didn't force pain relief, I birthed in Australia though so I don't know how other countries are but each to there own I suppose you should birth where you feel comfortable
Amelia and Me I'm in Australia and I'm planning on going to the Royal Woman's in Melbourne. If I was in the US I would be looking into other options because of their high rates of intervention.
I had my first birth in a hospital in America. When the hospital decided I was in the hospital too long they sent my midwife said I had to do a c section. No health reasons just hospital policy. Than when my daughter was born she had a loud cry that led them to think I may have been doing drugs even know I had no history and I showed no signs of withdrawal they took my daughter without my permission and performed a drug test on her. She was not addicted to drugs and they did nothing to look into the possibility that they harmed her while forcing me to have a vacuum delivery. For 6 months we went from specialist to specialist trying to find the reason for her cry and you better believe that hospital never reached out to help me. Never a hospital again
God that sounds scary. If someone tries to give me a c-section for that reason I will refuse outright.
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It's not just about money, my grandmother died in Childbirth with my mother. Had she been in the hospital she'd be alive. The mortality rate was higher for women and babies in the early days. If you have a choice to for yourself and your child you want the best possible care. Not a person without a M.D. After there name, minimal education and no hi-tech machines for yourself and your baby. Life or Death, you choose.
Trained midwives don't do high risk deliveries. They refer them to hospitals.
I am a doctor. I had 100% success rate doing normal delivery as medical student. Unless you have high risk delivery (
The US has one of the largest maternal death rates in the developed world. We have one of the lowest number of women giving birth outside of a hospital. Therefore, we're having a lot of maternal deaths from *hospital* births overseen by people with an MD using high tech machines.
The UK has much better stats, and a heavy use of trained midwives with a systemic support of at home births.
The US has one of the largest maternal death rates in the developed world. We have one of the lowest number of women giving birth outside of a hospital. Therefore, we're having a lot of maternal deaths from *hospital* births overseen by people with an MD using high tech machines.
The UK has better stats, and a heavy use of trained midwives with a systemic support of at home births.
trinichick76 anything can happen before, during, and after childbirth to completely healthy women having normal and low risk pregnancies. Women and babies ALWAYS had died during childbirth. And many of them still do in underprivileged countries. I really can't tolerate these hippie dip pie women who are making a big deal out of the child birth experience that they're dreaming about! It's not a party and it's not a holiday, it's life and death, and imo, no 1 priority should be the safety and health of the baby and mother, not "having a good experience" 😒. Some people are so privileged that they take it for granted and waste medical services that other only dream about 😒
We have the internet now and people love to jump on the fad bandwagon
Harper Grace giving birth in your home is a fad?
Something that was the norm for most of human existence and has only been rare in the last 70 or so years can hardly be called a fad.