Home Birth in the New York Times

I enjoyed reading an article today from the New York Times about Home Births!
I think women should research all their options regarding birth.  It is great to see more information about home births getting out to society.  It is certainly a good option  for many women.   
I have had 3 hospital births, but if I was to [...]

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Homebirth Outlawed?

The AMA and ACOG have put out a statement saying they want to outlaw homebirth.  You may already know about this.   It scares me to think that they would try to do this.  Women should have the right to choose where they want to birth.  Freedom of choice!
There is something simple you can do.  Sign [...]

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The uncertainty of hospital care

It is reading nurses blogs that make me see how stressful their jobs are.   How understaffed many hospitals are.  How that can effect the care mother’s receive there.  It reinforces my belief that for low risk moms, the best care you can get is from a well trained midwife who trusts birth at home. 
It took [...]

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Empowering Home Birth of one of my Hypnobabies Students

You may remember this mom.  G was one of my students, whose OB told her scary things which were all about the routines he did to EVERYONE (episiotomy, pitocin, etc), she changed to a homebirth midwife soon before her birth.  I got a phone message from her on a trip saying what a great birth [...]

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