Comments on: Home Birth vs. Hospital Birth? What do you think? http://www.gigiscrib.com/home-birth-vs-hospital-birth-what-do-you-think/ Sat, 04 Dec 2010 06:34:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Andrea http://www.gigiscrib.com/home-birth-vs-hospital-birth-what-do-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-2981 Andrea Tue, 12 May 2009 21:45:17 +0000 http://www.gigiscrib.com/?p=865#comment-2981 I would NEVER in a million years attempt a home birth. Everytime I tell people that my stance on this is non-negoitable, and I find it INSANE people would want to take the risks they do with a homebirth I am usually meet with a response like "Woman have been giving birth for centuries and/or birth is a natural process and it happens all the time in nature and you don't need to be in a hospital like you are sick." Yeah I know women used to have babies at home (in tee pees, in feilds, etc.) all the time. And guess what - a lot more of those women died in the process of giving birth. Don't people watch old movies or read classic books!?! Like the mom is always dying in childbirth back then. Okay I am teasing about the old movies but it is the medical advances that make birth so much safer today. My sister hemorraged after her baby - if she had not been in a hospital to get blood transfusions she would have died. Even if the consequences are not fatal or there is time to get to a hospital to do an emergency c-section or whatever - if your baby is in distress do you really want to have to move yourself in the middle of your labor/and take those extra 30 minutes or hour it can take to get you into an OR!? I know the chances are a homebirth will be fine - but why even take a chance? Because if it is not , you will never be able to live with yourself. I would NEVER in a million years attempt a home birth. Everytime I tell people that my stance on this is non-negoitable, and I find it INSANE people would want to take the risks they do with a homebirth I am usually meet with a response like “Woman have been giving birth for centuries and/or birth is a natural process and it happens all the time in nature and you don’t need to be in a hospital like you are sick.” Yeah I know women used to have babies at home (in tee pees, in feilds, etc.) all the time. And guess what – a lot more of those women died in the process of giving birth. Don’t people watch old movies or read classic books!?! Like the mom is always dying in childbirth back then. Okay I am teasing about the old movies but it is the medical advances that make birth so much safer today. My sister hemorraged after her baby – if she had not been in a hospital to get blood transfusions she would have died. Even if the consequences are not fatal or there is time to get to a hospital to do an emergency c-section or whatever – if your baby is in distress do you really want to have to move yourself in the middle of your labor/and take those extra 30 minutes or hour it can take to get you into an OR!?

I know the chances are a homebirth will be fine – but why even take a chance? Because if it is not , you will never be able to live with yourself.

]]> By: Sarah Perdue http://www.gigiscrib.com/home-birth-vs-hospital-birth-what-do-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-2975 Sarah Perdue Sun, 10 May 2009 11:49:57 +0000 http://www.gigiscrib.com/?p=865#comment-2975 Hi Sarah, My first son was 10 pounds 2 ounces and my second was 11 pounds 2 ounces. I cannot imagine having them in a hospital. Both boys were slightly out of position and large, and my first was nine days postdates. I was also Group-B Strep positive with both pregnancies. My labors were long, and I pushed for four hours with my first, but my skilled midwife assisted his delivery with no episiotomy, tearing or complications. I've been told by physicians in my community that virtually no doctor here would have been able to deliver my boys naturally. In preparation for my home births, I read voraciously--from pregnancy books to medical journal articles. I made the decision I believed was best; you made the decision you believed was best. The evidence shows that both settings achieve similar, good outcomes. We both deserve the legal option to choose our birth attendant and birth location. Sarah Perdue Hi Sarah,

My first son was 10 pounds 2 ounces and my second was 11 pounds 2 ounces. I cannot imagine having them in a hospital. Both boys were slightly out of position and large, and my first was nine days postdates. I was also Group-B Strep positive with both pregnancies. My labors were long, and I pushed for four hours with my first, but my skilled midwife assisted his delivery with no episiotomy, tearing or complications. I’ve been told by physicians in my community that virtually no doctor here would have been able to deliver my boys naturally.

In preparation for my home births, I read voraciously–from pregnancy books to medical journal articles. I made the decision I believed was best; you made the decision you believed was best. The evidence shows that both settings achieve similar, good outcomes. We both deserve the legal option to choose our birth attendant and birth location.

Sarah Perdue

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