2006-12-20 18:28:31 · 35 answers · asked by pOLlY 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
A hospital in case there's complications.Plus they have good pain medicine there.
2006-12-20 18:31:53 · answer #1 · answered by J♥R♥R 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Well, I'm not sure what your question means!
By "reliable" do you mean:
- which maternity unit is least likely to turn me away in labour due to lack of room/staff? This can be a problem in London or other cities.
- where will I have the best chance of access to an epidural or a caserean on demand? Answer: a consultant-led hospital maternity unit.
- where is the safest place to give birth - home, hospital or a birthing centre? This depends on whether your pregnancy is straightforward. In low risk cases, there is good evidence that labour goes better at home or in a low-tech birthing centre where care is midwife-led and there is less risk of unnecessary intervention. Where there are problems, evidently it is far better to be in a good maternity unit is a hospital with consultant obstetricians and the paediatrics team on hand.
- which place gives the most reliable chance of a natural delivery? Answer: home or a birthing centre.
- or something else?
If you're more specific I might be able to help you more.
2006-12-20 23:34:36 · answer #2 · answered by purplepadma 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How strange that almost all the answers say 'hospital'.
My experience of hospitals is that they are not reliable at all, except for giving you infections.
You have a 4% change of hemorrhaging in hospital and a 2% chance at home. Your change of complications, cesaerean, forceps, ventouse, episiotomy and of the baby needing resusitation, are far less likeley at home.
Midwives will carry basic medical and resusitation equipment that may be needed. You may have to transfer to hospital in case of any emergency, so would want to know how far away you are from the hospital.
The idea that if something goes wrong in hospital, a midwife will press a button and a consultant will come rushing, is false. They can take up to 30 minutes to come, even in an emergency. And 99.9% of emergencies can be dealt with effectiveley by midwives anyway.
I think home, with a midwife of course, it the most reliable way to give birth unless you have any medical complications.
Have a look at www.homebirth.org.uk for lots if info and statistics on this.
2006-12-20 20:51:35 · answer #3 · answered by Isabella 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Depends what sort of birth you want.
I had a natural birth with my first child three weeks ago in a midwife led unit. I didn't have any drugs (yes it hurt like hell but it was quick and complication free!). I didn't have to stay on a ward, I got my own room and lots of one to one care from the midwives, who had much more time to spend with me than they would have done in a busy hospital.
If you are worried about things "going wrong" or you want an epidural etc you have to go to ahospital but if you want to try doing it the natural way (and I'm glad I did) then you can have a home birth or a midwife led unit. They are fully trained and able to deal with "emergencies" or anything "going wrong" and if this happened they would transfer you to a major hospital immediately.
2006-12-21 05:43:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
These days in the UK birthing at home is being encouraged. It is a better environment for mother and for baby. However, if complications are suspected then there is no option except hospital. But having said that, even the right atmosphere can be created in hospital too.
Have some great chill out music going, flowers all around and why not a birthing pool. Fantastic.
2006-12-20 18:34:16 · answer #5 · answered by The Alchemist 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Statistically? If yours is an uncomplicated, low-risk pregnancy, you're far better off at home, for a multitude of reasons.
Statistically.
All those interventions carry risks aplenty.
The book 'The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth' is worth a look for more on that.
And, go take a look at Monty Python's 'The Miracle of Birth' on YouTube.
Edited to add: good grief. Midwives can dispense pain medication, and are pretty well-trained when it comes to recusitation and other emergencies.
Sigh.
2006-12-20 22:31:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Considering in other questions you've asked you claim to be a 10 year old child, and in another question you claim to be a woman with 3 kids plus pregnant, plus trying to get pregnant, I think you should be asking "Where is the most reliable psychiatric ward i can go to"!
2006-12-22 02:16:07 · answer #7 · answered by Aussie Girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In hospital. If anything should go wrong or there are complications during the birth, the hospital has all the equipment and nurses on hand to deal with any problems.
2006-12-20 18:51:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Hospital
2006-12-20 18:29:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Giving birth is a "normal" part of life.
Hospitals are for sick people.
Unless there is a complication, birth should happen in the safety of your own home.
2006-12-20 23:17:15 · answer #10 · answered by gingin 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The hospital... I had no pregnancy or labor complications. But my son was born not breathing & needed medical resesitation. If he was born somewhere else, we would not have him, I cant imagine that. He was reseitated immediatly & was allowed to go home in 48 hours
2006-12-20 19:16:57 · answer #11 · answered by notAminiVANmama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋