Posts Tagged ‘midwife’
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Wondering where to give birth? Part 3 – birthing at home
Third in the series of birth choices is birthing at home. Planned homebirths can take many forms and can occur with the help of a skilled midwife, a team of midwives, a midwife and a doula, or unassisted by medical professionals. There are even some homebirth OBs. Some families turn a homebirth into a celebration attended by relatives and friends, while others prefer birth to be a private happening. If you are considering a homebirth, here are some arguments in favor.
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Wondering where to give birth? Part 1 – hospital births
Pregnancy is without a doubt a period of your life in which you have to make major decisions! Your life is about to changes forever when you have a baby. This is especially true if you are having your first baby, but the same also goes for any subsequent pregnancy. One of those decisions is where, and with whom, you want to give birth. All birth choices have their own set of pros and cons, and ultimately the decision is all yours. I’m making a list of all birth choices, and their advantages and disadvantages. Hospital birth is first on the list. No, I am not listing it as the first option because I believe it is the most valid, or even the “default birth choice”. But hospitals are still the most common place in which women give birth. Read the rest of this entry »
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Q’s homebirth story
This is the beautiful (but long!) birth story of baby Q, contributed by my friend K from CurlyHairdoIdeas. This birth story perfectly describes how women instinctively know what’s best for them. Here, K shares the story of her birth, and how she decided to have a homebith.
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Preparing for a homebirth
Preparing for birth involves many different aspects – physical, emotional, and practical. Every women prepares to give birth in her own, unique way, of course and there are no two women who make the same physical and emotional preparations. What’s more, getting ready for birth mostly happens on a sub-conscious level. But practical birth preparations are different, and they definitely won’t happen by themselves! What do you need when you are preparing for a homebirth? Read the rest of this entry »
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Five ways to have a great hospital birth
Whether you have a medical need to birth in a hospital, or you are choosing to have your baby in a hospital for personal or even insurance reasons, there are things you can do to ensure you will have the birth you want. Here are five ways to have a great hospital birth for natural-minded mamas.
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My daughter’s homebirth story
I had been waiting for her for weeks already. After all, I was born early so she must be as well. But my due date had been and gone, and no baby yet. For the first time in pregnancy, I was experiencing a different feeling – excitement, but no longer in a general, “I’m having a baby” way. Read the rest of this entry »
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