Is homebirth safe
Writing by forestthornbarg on Tuesday, 6 of October , 2009 at 1:40 am
How they deliver their babies is one of the choices that women can make during their pregnancy. When I say how they will deliver I am referring to a hospital delivery or a homebirth. Most women think that homebirth is not a safe method to give birth that is why they do not realize that they have a choice on how to deliver their babies.But there are of course critics who are wary of this method.But if they just research and look for studies about this method then they will realize that there a lot of evidence that this method is safe.
The safety of a homebirth is definitely questioned. From my observations from my practice as a midwife in San Diego I have found it to be absolutely safe. The risks are the same either in a hospital or homebirth as I have witnessed from the 300 homebirths I have assisted in. Having it in a hospital or at home doesn’t minimize those risks.On the ohter hand, the risks also would not increase because of this.
So what would be the possible risks that can happen?One danger that people worry about this method is when complications arise while having a baby.They think that people who assist in homebirths are not nurses. Well as a midwives San Diego we do know medical procedures.All the necessary equipments for the common complications of a chilbirth are always with us. Naturally any serious complications would have to be addressed by a doctor.But that is still similar to what happens in a hospital.
Now of course homebirths are only suggested for women who have low risk pregnancies. If a woman is found to have possible complications any good midwife would not encourage this method. This is standard procedure for all licensed midwife in San Diego.The reason as to why is because midwives have a limited medical practice and they cannot do all the things that a doctor can do. That is why they do make sure any high risk pregnancies are delivered in a hospital.
For those against having a baby at home it will be hard to convince them otherwise.But for women who are not afraid to try this method and have low pregnancy risk then they should know that homebirth is a safe method to give birth.
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