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Opinion about where to deliver and staff
IEtoLA
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So my cousin in law, who has no children of her own, told me she was talking to DH about my plans for delivery. ?She was watching an aunt's birthing video a few weeks ago. ?She delivered in a hospital, which I plan on doing because that's what my insurance covers, I worked at that hospital for 10+ years and DH is still working there, so we know the doctors and the process. ?Well I guess in the video there were 10+ different people (I assume an exaggeration) who touched her aunt in the nether regions. ?Then she goes on to tell both DH and I, in separate conversations that home is the safest place for delivery. ?
I plan on taking a birthing class and tour through the hospital anyway, but DH's cousin raised a couple questions for me? ?How many people ARE usually in the delivery room? ?In your experience have you had different people checking you out? ?Where do you think is safest? ?
Well I think home births are great because you are in a comfortable environment, unless you have money or insurance coverage I'm not comfortable delivering at home without some sort of medical assistance from a trained professional...even the most normal pregnancies can go wrong last minute.?
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Re: Opinion about where to deliver and staff
I Know I am not going to be popular with this, but Home is not necessarily the safest place to deliver. You can not access medical attention fast enough in the event of a post-partum bleed, cord prolapse, ect.
It is true that there are more interventions statistically in a hospital, but if you have a Dr, you respect, trust, and who respects you, you should not have a problem.
Yes the trend is to have more interventions in deliveries now, but you do not have to have them.
There may have been as many as 7-8 people in the room besides me and Dh because LO came so fast that they were afraid of needing some extra support. You can request to have minimal internal exams, and not have many people checking you.
Honestly, your cousin sounds to be trying to scare you in to a home birth Believe it or not, when you are ready to push, you probably will not even know or care who is in the room. While some may be more comfortable in their homes, I personally am more comfortable in a hospital where there are people and resources to save my child, or my life should a situation arise.
AGREED.
The stats for home births are better - lower rates of interventions and lower mortality rates. I would love to do a home birth, but apparently that idea's a bit far out for DH
There is a lot you can do to reduce how often you are examined though. Requesting minimal internal exams is definitely an option.
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You need to do your own research on this for yourself. All you're going to get from this board are opinions (and yes, some very good past experiences), not stats, facts etc.
Ina May's book is a good place to start, but certainly not the end all be all. After reading it I still plan to give birth at a hospital (mainly because I love my OB and don't want to switch, and that's where she delivers), it's definitely made me do some more research around the subject.
When we did our birthing class/tour the nurse said that usually in an uncomplicated birth there are two or three people. Your OB and a nurse, or two nurses. At my hospital they assign a specific nurse to you. So you only have her and your OB checking our your nether regions.
Ours is a small hospital with a good birthing center. It's not a teaching hospital so that could make a difference.
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I know that i am coming into this question late but...
I am hoping to have a home birth. This decision was made very very cafefully and not lightly at all. I think that largest factor in my final decision had to do with the fact that I live 5 mins from the hospital where I would otherwide deliver- making any sory of transfer not only possible but feasible. We also have a midwife who has over 30 years experiance and has treated various emergancy situations. Our insurance (and most do actually) covers about 50% of her $4000 fee. So we are actually paying less than we would at the hospital. My original reasons for choosing home birth over unmedicated hospital birth actually have to do with my allergies to medicine. I have such strong reactions to many pain killers that I (as suggested by my OB) am hoping to stay as far away from them as possible unless there is an emergancy situation. So for us this made sense and was the most comfortable!
You can only have your baby where you will not have doubts or wonder about other situations. If that means having your LO in the hospital do it! You want the best situation possible especially since there are so many things that will be out of your contral.
While I wanted as little intervention as possible I felt with my first 2 and now with this LO that it is better to be prepared for the worst and have a hospital facility to help instantly than to hope everything goes ok and end up needing emergency assistance while at home. As for the number of people in the delivery room, both of my deliveries have involved DH, my OB, my nurse and the baby nurse, and only my OB and my nurse ever touched me below the waist. It seemed like the necessary people were there and that's it.