Posts with tag: homebirth
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Instead of packing my bag for the hospital, I've been buying and organizing supplies for a homebirth. My midwife gave me a list of items to have on hand and I've got everything stacked up in my bathroom (and in my freezer!) ready for the big event.
It's been fascinating to me to learn about homebirthing as I've gone through this process, so I thought I'd share some of the items I'll have on hand to give you a peek behind the scenes if you're new to homebirth, too.
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I wrote a while back about how home births are on the rise in New York City, attributed in part to the Ricki Lake documentary "The Business of Being Born."
Where and how a mama chooses to give birth is a highly personal decision, and I love hearing from women about how they made the choices they did.
I spoke to Tracy (cafemama) recently about the birth she's planning for baby #2. She surprised even herself by opting for a home birth. Here's how she arrived at her decision.
"First, we wanted to know how to dispose of the placenta."
This is the (pretty riveting) first line of a story I just read on Babble -- I did a post on home births being on the rise recently so I found it of particular interest. Turns out in some places (like Missouri, where the author had her second child), midwife-assisted home births are a felony and the midwife handling the delivery could be arrested.
The story's a little graphic -- but then so's childbirth. It's pretty fascinating to read the blow-by-blow of how the author finds and meets the midwife and then ultimately does deliver her second child with her, even though a home birth wasn't what the writer originally had in mind.
Curious to hear what you moms-to-be think.
The New York Times reported recently that there's been an increase in the number of home births around the city, attributed in part to a documentary by former TV talk show host Ricki Lake entitled "The Business of Being Born." While hospital births still greatly outnumber home births in the New York City area, a number of certified nurse midwives have said they've received so many requests in recent months that they've had to begin referring women to home birth specialists outside the city.
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