Is anyone planning a homebirth??

Question

I'm not pregnant yet but was just curious if anyone was planning a homebirth?? Assisted or unassisted?? Please serious answers only!

Some of these answers disturb m e. Homebirth is actually safer than hospital interventions. I haven't had a homebirth but my nxt one will be born at home. I have had horrible hospital experiences & would never do that again. Besides that I am less than 2 minutes form a hospital if any complications occur. It also has nothign to do with being in 2006. . Sorry a hosptial is for sick people. Birth is not an illness.

Answer 1

i am too scared to give birth in a hospital. Yep...i said it. A hospital scares the hell out of me. I gave birth twice at home. A hospital actually CAUSES more problems. Then when they save the baby and mom from the VERY problems that they cause they act like a hero. "I would have died had I not been in a hospital" um....NO...you wouldn't have had the problem in the first place.

There is a wonderful site called mothering.com that is a wonderful place to start if you want a homebirth. Don't listen to anyone that has not studied about birth. Just call them uneducated and move on. :-) and yes....you are right. There is studies that say that homebirth is JUST AS SAFE or SAFER for low risk mothers than a hospital birth. ANd with homebirth there is less trama to the baby and the mom. It is in the studies people. Wake up!!

Just look at the stats at the end of the book "Spiritual Midwfery"

Answer 2

I am against home birth. Not because I think it is wrong or anything like that. I think it's a comfortable environment, and less stressfull and more relaxed.

However, there are so many risks. If something goes wrong, you might not be able to get to a hospital in time. (Ex: excessive blood loss, etc.)

Now, people in favor of home birth may argue that women have been giving birth at home for thousands of years! I agree. That's completely true. But women have been dying at home giving birth for thousands of years as well.

I had thought about home births a bit for my first, but in the end I decided on a hospital. I'm thankful that I did. I had a rather normal labor for a first delivery; around 18 hours. I delivered my baby normally, however, immediately after the birth, when the placenta was being delivered, something went very wrong. The placenta was still attached to my uterus, and my uterus turned inside out like a sock and came mostly out along with the placenta.
I had a mirror in front of me that I had used for incentive while pushing, and obviously I saw that something was VERY wrong. I started to bleed profusely. In an instant, there were several doctors in the room. And minutes later, I was in surgery under general anesthesia. I nearly bled to death right then and there. Following surgery, I needed four blood transfusions, and I got double pneumonia.

Now, not to scare you, this situation is INCREDIBLY rare. 1 in 250,000 the medical texts say. So please don't let it scare you. But if I had a home birth, I would have died. I would have never made it to the hospital in time, and I would have bled to death. It took a whole medical staff of 2 or 3 doctors, and several nurses to save my life, and had I been at home, that wouldn't have happened.
I'm not sayiing this to scare you. This will most likely NOT happen to you. BUT, it can happen, and that's just one of the risks of a home birth.

Having said that, of COURSE there are benefits. Giving birth in a sterile environment wasn't my first choice, but it didn't matter to me. I was with my husband and my sister during labor, and that's all I needed for support. For me, the trade off was worth it.

It's up to you. But if you are set on a home birth, and your gut it telling you to do it, then do it if it will make you the most comfortable. Of course talk to your OB/GYN first as well. If your future pregnancy is risky or has complications, you may want to think about the hospital.

Good luck whichever you choose!

Answer 3

I am an adovcate against home birth. There is always a chance that some emergency comes up, like my cousin, she had a great pregnancy, until birth time, the ambilical cord was wrapped around the baby's neck, the emergency c-section saved him. If he'd be at a home birth (assisted or not), he would not have made it. Also, sometimes the baby gets into fetal distress, like heart rate dropping, etc. If you have to wait to get to the hospital, that may not be enough time. These type of emergency cannot be remedied at home, with a midwife or even a OB, especially if unassisted. My opinion is that you are putting yourself and the baby in unnecessry peril. Yes yes, millions of women gave birth at home all those years, but you do have to understand that maternal and fetal death was also very very high. And the death rate is still very high in very poor countries today because they give birth at home.

Answer 4

Check out the book "Spiritual Midwifery", wonderful home birth experiences. I had my kids in a birth center, but if I only had the option between home and a hospital I would choose home.

Also I would like to add that I would advise assisted. Childbirth can be very intense and sometimes scary, it's important to have someone there who has experienced it to guide you and calm you when needed.

Answer 5

Due to complications that could occur in any labor, I would only consider a birthing center or hospital.

When I had my daughter, I wound up with an infection in my amniotic fluid, so once my water broke, I spiked a fever, which put my daughter in jeopardy. Thankfully, we were in a hospital and they could start meds and treatment right away and we were both fine.

Just to be safe, a hospital or birthing center is the best place to have a baby in my opinion.

Answer 6

I wish I had the will power to. I don't want to be stuck in the hospital with my baby for 3 days. I guess they snatch the baby up from you immediately and start running tests on it after it comes out of you. I don't like that, but if I had her at home, I wouldn't have access to the pain meds that I'm sure I am gonna need. Right ladies! this is my first pregnancy. 8 weeks left to go! I want to have that bonding experience when she comes out of me. I don't want to wait a half hour ya know? It'll be interesting to see who replies to this and who is doing the home birth.

Answer 7

I did evaluate a house beginning with my final toddler, it could have been a VBAC at abode 18 months after my 1st toddler. the clarification why i did no longer accomplish that is on the whole via fact i did no longer choose the worst to take place, besides loosing a sprint one, i did no longer choose it on a midwife wakeful or checklist, even in spite of the undeniable fact that the well being middle is 10 blocks away at maximum, the hearth station remarkable at the back of us. i could no longer see giving beginning without help the two. It replaced right into a threat that i replaced into unwilling to enable yet somebody else be a social gathering to. The VBAC replaced into effective in well being middle, for a 10lb 5 oz, 23" (no gestation diabetes, he wasn't fat in any respect) toddler with none issues. i desire you're effective!

Answer 8

I've always wanted to use a midwife and deliver at home. My husband and my mother, though, think I would be best to go to a hospital. I'm not pregnant yet, but I still hope that I can do this. IT will just take some convincing.

Answer 9

I never even thought about having a home birth with either of my pregnancies. My way of looking at it is that it's just one more big mess I'd have to clean up. LOL The thought of blood, feces, urine, and amniotic fluid on my bed just sort of freaks me out. idk I guess I'm just weird. :)

I hope your home birth works for you...esp. since you had a horrible hospital experience. Please keep in mind however...just because you're only 2 minutes away from the hospital, doesn't mean an ambulance will be waiting outside your door in case something happens to take you there. They take some time to get to you. It would be easy enough to ride in a car with your newborn, but if you yourself were having problems (hemmorhage, for example) this would be impossible.

Answer 10

I had a friend who had three of her four babies at home. She had no problems. I had all of my babies at the hospital. Three of my children needed to be born there (one I had pre-eclampsia, one didn't want to come out and one had a broken clavicle when she came out because she was so large). Anything can happen during childbirth. If you want the feel of having a baby at home, birthing centers can give you that feeling while a midwife is there to help if something goes wrong.