Archive for the ‘Unassisted Childbirth’ Category
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Calling Toronto unassisted birth moms!
Journalist Lynette MacLeod from Global News Toronto contacted me to ask if I knew where to find unassisted birth families in the Toronto area. She is going to do a story about unassisted birth, but is still looking for a mother who is going to give birth unassisted (or has done so before) to share her reasons for choosing UC.
If that’s you, and you would like to participate in her story, you can email Lynette at lynette.macleod@globalnews.ca.
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Unassisted homebirth and breaking your bag of waters
A friend who is pregnant and contemplating an unassisted homebirth recently asked me about the rupture of membranes. She is expecting her fourth baby and has always had her bag of waters ruptured artificially at some pint during her births. At her hospital births, it was one of the first actions taken by the medical team. At her last birth, a homebirth, her waters were broken by the midwife at the end of her labor. Now, she’s wondering whether she or her husband should do this if they end up with an unassisted birth. Well, should they?
Ana, this post is for you!
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New unassisted birth information page
Write About Birth has been in existence for quite a while now. I decided to start this blog primarily as a means to help other families who are interested in giving birth alone, without the assistance of any kind of medical professional, get information. I strongly believe in families’ right to have autonomy over their own choices and their own bodies, including choosing how and where to give birth. Unassisted birth is an option that requires, in my opinion, a lot of information. That is why I set out to create a comprehensive list of topics that are of interest to those planning UC.
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Unassisted birth and cord prolapse
Cord prolapse is an urgent emergency during childbirth during which the baby’s umbilical cord either presents first, before the baby does (overt prolapse), or presents alongside the relevant part of the baby (occult prolapse). Because the baby relies on its umbilical cord for oxygen before birth, and cord prolapse results in its compression, it is a situation that can easily be fatal. How do you handle a cord prolapse during an unassisted birth? What are the risk factors? And how should cord prolapse factor into your decision making while planning a freebirth?
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Being your own midwife and the “birth planet”
Risk assessment is a huge part of the decision-making process when it comes to birth, but despite the fact that “positive experience” has very much become a dirty word in a childbirth context, it is undeniable that almost every individual has their own opinion of what makes up that positive experience. Combine the two – risk assessment and birth experience – and you’ve got some interesting discussions. I came across an thought-provoking article about unassisted homebirth, titled the pros and cons of unassisted birth. It is apparently a “quickie article”; something that the author finished with as little effort as possible, and it barely touches the surface of why some families choose unassisted birth. It does, however, make some points that are worth discussing.
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DIY birth kit
In case you’re wondering what to put in your unassisted homebirth kit – here is a visual representation of the bare essentials. This birth kit will take care of all your needs; from pain relief during labor, to making a c-section incision and suturing it, or severing your baby’s umbilical cord after birth.
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Unassisted childbirth – a preparatory checklist
Everyone who decides to have an unassisted homebirth prepared for their baby’s entrance into the world differently, and everyone’s situation is different. That is why a questionnaire for mothers planning a freebirth could be useful – the answers to the questions will be different for everyone, but it might help you either know you are fully prepared, or need to do some additional work. Here’s a list to help you track how your birth preparations are going.
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Choosing unassisted homebirth
Issa’s guest post about planning a freebirth experience was thought-provoking and honest. In her post, Issa examined her reasons to give birth to her first child unassisted at home. She concluded that none of the more frequent “justifications” for planning an unassisted birth applied to her, and that she chooses freebirth because her birth experience matters to her. One of her points was that many women are concerned with justifying their choice (to others, who are presumed to be opposed to UC?), and doing everything in their power to deny that it is at least in part made because of the experience. That got me thinking.
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Planning a freebirth experience
This is a guest post from Issa. Issa’s life is full of babies right now. At her homestead in Tennessee there are new baby chickens, new baby pigs, and a baby human on the way. You can read all about her adventures as a hippie-freak homesteading soon-to-be-mama at LoveLiveGrow.com.
I’m pregnant with my first child, and sometime in May I’ll be having a freebirth – that is, I’ll be at home, surrounded by my partner and friends with no medical personnel in sight. Freebirth, also called unassisted childbirth, is a fringe choice. I live in the US where around one percent of birthing women give birth at home, usually with a midwife. The numbers for freebirthing women are even tinier. An interesting question that arises then is what leads a woman to choose this, and more to the point, why have I chosen it?
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Ten things everyone should know about unassisted homebirth
Participating in the Natural parenting Carnival has been a lot of fun for me. It’s great to read other mothers’ inspiring posts, to connect with people who parent in similar ways, and – let’s face it, write about topics that vary slightly from the usual theme of my blog, which is natural childbirth. I figured I should stick to my niche for a change. These are ten things I’d like to share about unassisted childbirth, both for those who are considering it and for inquisitive minds.
Welcome to the March Carnival of Natural Parenting: Natural Parenting Top 10 Lists
This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month our participants have shared Top 10 lists on a wide variety of aspects of attachment parenting and natural living. Please read to the end to find a list of links to the other carnival participants.
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