My sister is pregant and wants to home birth.How can I change her mind?

Answer 1

why, is she a high risk? Is she very fat or too old? If she's between the ages of 17-25, a home birth is actually safer than the hospital. If she is over 30 having her first, she better go to the hospital or the baby's chances of survival are very low.

Answer 2

Home births are becoming more popular now a days. It is your sisters decision in the end where she wants to deliver her baby. I f she has a high risk pregnancy then yes i you should talk to her about delivering in a hospital. However, if the pregnancy is preceding normally then it is up to the doctor and her to decide how and where they would like to deliver the baby. If she is firm in the decision be supportive even if you don't agree. the doctor will explain the risks that can happen during labor. All you can do is hope for the best for both her and the baby but don't ruin your relationship with her because this is a time when she will really need you the most. i believe its okay to express your concerns because you love her but don't try to change her mind because it might back fire on how u and her get along. I hope she has a safe delivery. good luck!

Answer 3

The best way to get her to reconsider is just that most women have some type of childbirth problem. These are mostly unforseeable and happen right during the birthing process. All of the modern technology that we have now is there for a purpose and she needs to want the best for her child. If she wants no doctors, then just have her go through a waterbirth with a mid-wife. All mid-wifes are is a nurse with a little more education and they are known for their expertise for childbirth. Labor and delivery can progress rapidly. It is not always possible to predict when this might happen.
"If labor progresses rapidly, your baby may be born before you can reach the hospital. You would not have access to services such as physicians, nurses, pain medication and emergency surgical procedures (e.g., cesarean birth).
Then benefits of laboring at home may decrease if you are anxious or uncomfortable about it. " www.providence.org
The site also tells you that you may be more comfortable with being at home and not strapped to all the machines, but they (the machines) are also responsible for taking are of your and the babies health

Answer 4

That was done for many, many years at home... and sometimes even outdoors, too. It is a very natural procedure. Consider that childbearing is a healthy procedure and hospitals are for people that are ill, and infections are normally carried from one patient to another by medical staff in spite of the many sterilizing procedures they go through from one patient to another... but... what about the airborne bacteria, viruses and microbes?

HOWEVER listen, as natural as it seems, it would be helpful if she had some professional that could help if she ran into some medical difficulties, breach birth, hemorrhaging... who knows, right? What about a sedative to help her along (is this her first? It's usually a lot tougher, I hear).

There are now birthing centers all across America but, they usually have a licensed doctor on the premises for unexpected emergencies and the actual birth is usually supervised by a Registered Nurse that has specialized in midwife procedures, and they're usually experienced in recognizing and handling emergency procedures that might arise.

Speak with a trained, licensed, and experienced professional and get his/her opinion.

There's really nothing much to worry about UNLESS your sister health is in question or some health-related issue or emergency is anticipated.

My suggestion is that you caution but not discourage. Suggest but do not dissuade.

Good luck and best wishes.

Answer 5

I hear the experience can be wonderful with the right midwife. Why change her mind? Maybe you should try helping her find a great experienced midwife to let her try the birth this way.

Women did have babies at home for thousands of years before hospitals. Though hospitals are great as well.

Answer 6

Having a baby is such a personal time. Having her baby at home is not necessarily a bad idea. Talk to her about what her plan is before you freak out,dose she have a nurse-midwife ? Dose she have plans if something goes wrong ? Is she having prenatal care ? Is she being responsible ? Just remember,it is her baby,and her choice, if you can't except her choice and keep after her about it she will just tune you out.

Answer 7

what wrong with wanting to give birth at home? sometimes it wont even be an option to go to a hospital! let her raise her child her way, starting from the very begining, you didnt tell her what to do or where to go or who to be with to make this child so let her decide. besides, if you tell her where to have this baby, you will end up raising the child because you will already have made the choice for her about this and in the end it could reck your relationship with her and then the baby

Answer 8

Do you have a very good to be mad? Dunno, did not be attentive to there grow to be a invoice of Rights for marriage. yet I do comprehend your sense of criminal duty. He agreed to something and altered his thoughts at virtually the final minute. I heavily doubt that your sister is only now making plans and buying the nutrition, so she's already made arrangements. That your husband has no regard for her arrangements, nor on your concern on the placement, does make me ask your self with regard to the state of your marriage, yet i'm not a marriage counselor and that's something you and he will could artwork out. Yeah, i may well be fairly disenchanted if my spouse replaced her thoughts and we ended up spending Thanksgiving aside.

Answer 9

Why do you want to change her mind? There is nothing wrong with home births. I was a home birth and I turned out healthy and fine. I mean if she is giving birth by herself I guess that my be a little problematic but if not she should be fine. Her choice may not be yours but that is HER choice.

Answer 10

My suggestion: Do your homework. Educate yourself about homebirth and then decide how you feel about it. (I highly suggest Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin or The Thinking Woman's Guide to Childbirth by Henci Goer.)

When it comes down to it, your sister's body is her own and she has the right to choose where she feels safe birthing. Even if you don't support her choice in homebirth, you will make her pregnancy much less stressful by supporting her right to make that choice for herself.