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| 02-09-2021 06:51 AM | |
| Vernan Grinch | I decided to order myself a hot tub and came across a support site for one company, I was surprised when I read a lot of positive barefoot spas reviews there. Now I am thinking about ordering a bath from this company. |
| 03-01-2014 06:45 PM | |
| ImaC | Most babies in our practice are born safely into water. |
| 03-01-2014 06:39 PM | |
| Hester |
Even seals have the sense to come on to dry land to give birth. |
| 03-01-2014 09:21 AM | |
| funkytown |
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Once again I think training/liscensing with a good emergency plan is the key to a safe home birth.
The reality is that while most births to smoothly-there are some that don't. I hemmorriged really bad after the birth of my third and was borderline for a transfusion. The thought of that happening at home terrifies me. I think most doctors skip some of the routine stuff they used to do-I didn't even have to get an IV and the birthing center allowed tub birth (not for me though-I find water birth kind of gross). I think planning ahead of time is important and for some people a home birth may not be the best option and I would be too nervous for a home birth but I can see where some people may find it more comforting. I get annoyed with the extremes on the issue though-the people who think home birth means death for the baby and people who think hospitals are prisons that want you to get c-sections.  My nerves are never so shot as right before I have a baby. I can see how being home could bring some people comfort, but I think I'd just be a nervous wreck. I didn't even like my birth in a little homey hospital. I want to be in a big state of the art facility with modern amenities. I want feel like regardless of what happens, it can be handled immediately, even if that's not true  .
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| 03-01-2014 09:08 AM | |
| nocturnal emission |
Declan was born in a hospital. Miles was born at home. If I had another baby, I would choose home birth. That being said, my midwives were university educated, licensed with the province and had local hospital privileges. The closest hospital had a record of my pending home birth. Had labor not started and progressed normally at any point, I world have been a transport. Home birth can definately be as safe as hospital birth. As long as certain criteria are met. |
| 03-01-2014 08:54 AM | |
| ImaC |
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I can see the pros and cons of both but dude, why would anyone set up a tub in their living room to wade around in? What's wrong with the tub?
We rent a spa in a box. It is literally a portable jacuzzi tub with rigid sides and it is amazing. |
| 03-01-2014 08:53 AM | |
| ImaC |
Hemorrhage can be managed at home. To get a transfusion you would need to admit to hospital. Baby does not admit. Just mom. I wasn't transfused until about 12 hours after my hemorrhage and I was already admitted and in the hospital thru out. |
| 02-28-2014 09:01 PM | |
| PunkassPie | I can see the pros and cons of both but dude, why would anyone set up a tub in their living room to wade around in? What's wrong with the tub? |
| 02-28-2014 06:11 PM | |
| Starr |
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Once again I think training/liscensing with a good emergency plan is the key to a safe home birth.
The reality is that while most births to smoothly-there are some that don't. I hemmorriged really bad after the birth of my third and was borderline for a transfusion. The thought of that happening at home terrifies me. I think most doctors skip some of the routine stuff they used to do-I didn't even have to get an IV and the birthing center allowed tub birth (not for me though-I find water birth kind of gross). I think planning ahead of time is important and for some people a home birth may not be the best option and I would be too nervous for a home birth but I can see where some people may find it more comforting. I get annoyed with the extremes on the issue though-the people who think home birth means death for the baby and people who think hospitals are prisons that want you to get c-sections. |
| 02-28-2014 06:06 PM | |
| mamashack |
I had a nice hospital birth with my midwives in a baby friendly hospital. It was a difficult birth so I did have to have some medical attention at the me and was very glad to be right there already. Here, you are under the care of the midwife and can birth in a birthing room in the hospital. Nurses don't attend to you or anything unless shit hits the fan. At that time you seamlessly transfer to hospital patient and the dr/nurses step in. I like it that way |
| 02-28-2014 05:12 PM | |
| ittybittytitties |
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I get annoyed with the extremes on the issue though-the people who think home birth means death for the baby and people who think hospitals are prisons that want you to get c-sections.
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| 02-28-2014 05:06 PM | |
| Azrael | We'll never know, but I wonder what percentage of the people who homebirth do so without decent prenatal care. What conditions could have been picked up during routine care but went undetected? I'm talking about the wackadoodles, not the normal people who homebirth. |
| 02-28-2014 04:49 PM | |
| Noodle |
I briefly considered a home birth with Claudia. Mostly because I HATE the fucking hospital and just want to be left alone after the baby is born. In NY you basically have to sign out AMA in order to not stay for the newborn screening exam which can't be done until 24 hours. In the end i birthed her in the hospital, kept her with me at all times, and sprinted out the door with her at 8pm the following day. I had the doctor talked into letting me go 12 hours afterward but the nurses totally put an end to that 
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| 02-28-2014 04:39 PM | |
| tiddlywink |
I had my babies in the hospital. This thread reminded me of this clip... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEbZr...e_gdata_player |
| 02-28-2014 04:12 PM | |
| Ypsi |
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the need to whelp at home, on your own expensive sheets and mattress, but given the outcome of this study, I can make even less sense of it:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/risk-st...ry?id=20271763 I wish the study had factored in prenatal care, etc., though. It seems like it's kind of a broad-brush conclusion they came to. A birthing center has opened in my town, and that seems to be the next "homiest" thing. I was happy to stay overnight (or for two nights) because I knew I wouldn't be up to going home right away, but I'm glad the birth center is there for those who want it. |
| 02-28-2014 04:04 PM | |
| The Church Lady |
Once again I think training/liscensing with a good emergency plan is the key to a safe home birth. The reality is that while most births to smoothly-there are some that don't. I hemmorriged really bad after the birth of my third and was borderline for a transfusion. The thought of that happening at home terrifies me. I think most doctors skip some of the routine stuff they used to do-I didn't even have to get an IV and the birthing center allowed tub birth (not for me though-I find water birth kind of gross). I think planning ahead of time is important and for some people a home birth may not be the best option and I would be too nervous for a home birth but I can see where some people may find it more comforting. I get annoyed with the extremes on the issue though-the people who think home birth means death for the baby and people who think hospitals are prisons that want you to get c-sections. |
| 02-28-2014 03:57 PM | |
| ImaC | I would always prefer to birth at home with a skilled provider. |
| 02-28-2014 03:22 PM | |
| aliciameme |
Well I had a lovely home birth and I didnt clean up a thing. I had people for that.  Personally, I would rather birth at home on inexpensive sheets than on hospital sheets that have been pooped on by thousands of people with god knows what. If that's the criteria we're going by.
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| 02-28-2014 03:21 PM | |
| Outnumbered |
It does not appear that the study controlled for intended home birth versus accidental home birth. Am I wrong? If it didn't….that's, uh, a pretty big confound 
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| 02-28-2014 03:15 PM | |
| CAM |
My husband brought me Ethiopian food in the hospital the morning after I delivered. During labor I was eating potato chips and reading a trashy novel.
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