Where is the ideal place for the birth to take place? Hospital, home, or birthing center?

Question

A hospital, home with a mid-wife, a birthing center?

Answer 1

Hospital because if anything goes wrong you have many people there ready, willing and able to take care of you and your baby.

Answer 2

Depends on the mother and the pregnancy. Ideally, I would give birth in a birthing center with a mid-wife. However, my pregnancies are very high risk, so hospital with my wonderful OB it is for me. My best friend gave birth at home with a midwife, and she wouldn't even consider a hospital unless medically necessary. Another friend used a birthing center, and she too loved her experience.

The most important things are:
1. Making sure both mom & baby are safe. If there's a risk of complication, then either delivering a hospital or having a doctor on standby is your best bet.
2. Make sure Mom is comfortable. If the mother gets tense and stressed out in hospitals, then they should be avoided unless necessary. If mom does not handle stress well, then a hospital or birthing center with medication option may be the best bet.

Any birth resulting in a healthy mother and child (or children) is a beautiful thing, and should be celebrated no matter where it occurred.

Answer 3

The ideal place is where you feel comfortable and supported!!

Some women feel comfortable in the hospital where there are doctors and nurses (and drugs) on call. That is what makes them relax.
Some women feel this is too sterile an environment and not open to "alternative" ideas.

Some women feel comforrtable in a birthing center where there is a focus 100% on moms and babies (not incoming car accidents, etc, like a hospital) and the birthing center is usually very flexible and works with you.

Some women feel comfortable at home, surrounded by their own things, their family, their bathroom, etc. Midwives should be licensed and have dual experience as delivery RNs. They should always have the hospital on standby incase complications arrise.
Some women think this is too much of a risk being if they're far from a hospital.

Its 100% about what's best for you and your baby.

If your doctor has no concerns about you being a high-risk birth (breech, cord wrap, etc) then there should be no worries about you delivering in an at-home situation.

Visit each place. Ask alot of questions! Are your family permitted during the birth if that's what you want? Will there be places for husbands/family to sleep if it needed? Is there a birthing pool? A birthing chair? How do they feel about midwives? (Ie: Some hospitals don't permit midwives, some do.) Does a Dr. oversee every delivery? (some hospitals allow RNs to deliver and Dr's just come to clean up.)

Consult with your OBGYN. Consult with a lisenced midwife. Find out what works best for you!! You need to feel secure but relaxed to make your birth comfortable and enjoyable!

Answer 4

This is an intensely personal decision. I have 2 children and am 19 wks with my 3rd, and I go hospital all the way. The top reason for this is that I do not like excruciating pain. I labored very quickly with my 1st child and did not have my epidural until 8 cm. Those contractions were like unimaginable torture. Now, I get the epidural at 3 cm or as soon as my MD gives the OK. Also, there is no way to be 100% certain that your birth will go as expected. If my baby experiences fetal distress or is in need of Neonatal Intensive Care for any reason, I don't want to waste minutes of precious time getting him to a hospital. I want it to be as safe as possible, and no matter what anyone says, the safest place is a hospital.

Answer 5

A hospital is the safest place for a birth to take place, so if you have any kind of a high risk pregnancy, that's the way to go. Birthing centers are fantastic, because it's a much more comfortable atmosphere than the hospital, but you are still surrounded by trained people. However, they are usually unable to deal with high risk situations, or even give you an epidural, so if you have any of those situations, an hospital is best. Home is also an option. For one thing, it's very comforting, but if anything goes wrong, it's going to be difficult to deal with it there.

Hope this helps...

Answer 6

I think it is especially important for a first birth that it takes place at a hospital where any complications can be dealt with. If you have very good pre-natal care and the doctor advises, it can take place at home, or a birthing center.

Answer 7

What ever you are comfortable with, or driven to do is the best for you.
With that said, the great myth of birth is that you are safer in the hospital. Hospitals take invasive measures that ultimaltely put you and your baby at a greater risk than you would ever face at home. Women who choose a home birth are committed to trusting their bodies and the process of delivery. Any midwife who delivers at home is hihgly skilled & qualified to deliver your baby!
You are the only one who can decide wether or not you would even be comfortable with a home bith. One point I like to make is that in Holland home birth is the standard. Only high risk pregnancies are delivered in the hospitals. Their rates of health & wellbeing for new borns and mother far out rank the US.

Answer 8

My wife and I considered our choices and we went for the hospital, because of the complications that "MIGHT" happen at birth, if you are in a Hospital you will be sure that there will be the equipment or doctors that are needed to tend to any complication. Sure delivery at home can be very confortable, but you have to take all precautions, I mean, it's your baby that is going to be born. You can't take chances.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

hospital, because in the case something were to go severly wrong you will have the neccessary care. Such as if you lose to much blood or if the baby comes out not breathing or if you need an immediate c-section. There are many risk assocated with pregnancy and the last thing anyone would want is to run into a serious complication and not have the right care immediately.

Answer 11

My personal ideal is at home with a well trained and equiped midwife. I've done it once, and everything went fine, including a couple of things "going wrong" with the delivery. Its definitly not for everyone or for every pregnancy, and I'll join those who say that there is no one "ideal" for everyone.