Comments on: Homebirth Questions http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2007/09/23/homebirth-questions/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:22:17 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: labortrials http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2007/09/23/homebirth-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-13960 labortrials Sun, 21 Oct 2007 15:48:08 +0000 http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2007/09/23/homebirth-questions/#comment-13960 You're AWESOME! Thanks for your encouraging yet relaxed "aura". You’re AWESOME! Thanks for your encouraging yet relaxed “aura”.

]]> By: Alyx http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2007/09/23/homebirth-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-8405 Alyx Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:48:10 +0000 http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2007/09/23/homebirth-questions/#comment-8405 The USA has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world. Everything here is geared toward the comfort of the doctor and not the care of the mother and child. I had my last (7th) child in Sweden, where I was living at the time. It is infinitely safer, cheaper and less stressful there. The USA has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world. Everything here is geared toward the comfort of the doctor and not the care of the mother and child. I had my last (7th) child in Sweden, where I was living at the time. It is infinitely safer, cheaper and less stressful there.

]]> By: V http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2007/09/23/homebirth-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-7171 V Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:05:49 +0000 http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2007/09/23/homebirth-questions/#comment-7171 My parents were both born at home too, and not ALL that long ago... just times change and rural vs. urban expectations play their part. Returning home for birth seemed safest, easiest, happiest, all around BEST. Birth is a normal life passage, a normal aspect of life. Medical birth in its current state is truly appalling. love, V My parents were both born at home too, and not ALL that long ago… just times change and rural vs. urban expectations play their part. Returning home for birth seemed safest, easiest, happiest, all around BEST. Birth is a normal life passage, a normal aspect of life. Medical birth in its current state is truly appalling. love, V

]]> By: Dana Nourie http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2007/09/23/homebirth-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-4806 Dana Nourie Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:28:23 +0000 http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2007/09/23/homebirth-questions/#comment-4806 All of my grandparents were born at home, and my dad's mom often talks about helping with the premature birth of her little sister, and putting the sister in a shoe box on the stove to keep her warm. Her sister was barely three pounds at birth. The mother had had a difficult labor, so my grandma took care of her sister for the most part for the first few days. Needless to say, they are very close, even now with my grandma in her 90s. It was my mother's generation that began running to the hospital for birthing in my family. I recently discovered my brother and I were born in different hospitals. This seemed odd since my mom hadn't moved towns. When I asked her about it, it was because of a change in medical insurance. So, now I'm thinking the reason women moved into hospital births was because insurance started covering births then? Likely they were taught that home birthing was a liability and an endangerment to mother and family. I know there are home birth horror stories in the family, but I also know I have many friends with hospital birth horror stories. Certainly, when hospitals first cropped up in America, it was believed you were sure to die if you gave birth in the hospital, which they later realized was because of germs on the doctor's hands. I suspect insurance is what is controlling birthing now more than anything else. Everyone wants $$ off our health matters. But we are seeing a huge growth movement in self care, holistic health care, and attention and health care towards the energy bodies. I think we'll see a greater shift towards home birthing in the future too. You are no doubt a part of that influence. The trend is there and growing, so keep the thoughts positive on the home birth rather than the negative alternatives. That will help the shift occur more quickly than manifesting what you see as the road blocks. Dana All of my grandparents were born at home, and my dad’s mom often talks about helping with the premature birth of her little sister, and putting the sister in a shoe box on the stove to keep her warm. Her sister was barely three pounds at birth. The mother had had a difficult labor, so my grandma took care of her sister for the most part for the first few days. Needless to say, they are very close, even now with my grandma in her 90s.

It was my mother’s generation that began running to the hospital for birthing in my family. I recently discovered my brother and I were born in different hospitals. This seemed odd since my mom hadn’t moved towns. When I asked her about it, it was because of a change in medical insurance.

So, now I’m thinking the reason women moved into hospital births was because insurance started covering births then? Likely they were taught that home birthing was a liability and an endangerment to mother and family. I know there are home birth horror stories in the family, but I also know I have many friends with hospital birth horror stories. Certainly, when hospitals first cropped up in America, it was believed you were sure to die if you gave birth in the hospital, which they later realized was because of germs on the doctor’s hands.

I suspect insurance is what is controlling birthing now more than anything else. Everyone wants $$ off our health matters.

But we are seeing a huge growth movement in self care, holistic health care, and attention and health care towards the energy bodies. I think we’ll see a greater shift towards home birthing in the future too. You are no doubt a part of that influence. The trend is there and growing, so keep the thoughts positive on the home birth rather than the negative alternatives. That will help the shift occur more quickly than manifesting what you see as the road blocks.

Dana

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