The safety of a homebirth
// October 9th, 2009 // News / Society
One of the things that women can choose when having a baby is how they will deliver the baby. When I say how they will deliver I am referring to a hospital delivery or a homebirth. Most women don’t realize they have that choice mainly because they don’t realize that homebirths are safe.But of course there will be skeptics who don’t believe in this method. But with careful research they can see there is a lot of evidence to show that it is.
There are definitely critics who do not believe in the safety of a homebirth. From my observations from my practice as a midwife in San Diego I have found it to be absolutely safe. I have witnessed 300 homebirths and I can say that the dangers are just the same either you deliver a baby at home or at the hospital. 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 main threat of undergoing a procedure like this?One reason is that complications might happen while giving birth and this worries people.They think that people who assist in homebirths are not nurses. Well as a midwives San Diego we do know medical procedures.We have all the required medical equipment for all the common complications that appear when giving birth.A doctor is obviously needed whenever any serious complications arise from gving birth at home.But that is not far from what happens in a hospital.
Women who have low risk pregnancies are the only women recommended for homebirths. 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.This is standard procedure because they are limited in the medical procedures that they can do. That is why they do make sure any high risk pregnancies are delivered in a hospital.
For those who do not like this method it will be very hard to convince them to do so. But for those women who see this as an alternative they should understand it is safe.
