The question of where to give birth, 20 years ago, did not even arise in the head of women in labor. Everything was immediately clear and clear – maternity hospital. But every year there are more and more supporters of childbirth at home. Absolutely all of them are convinced that giving birth at home – it is more correct and natural than in the closed wards of maternity hospitals. Although in our country, home births are prohibited by law, however, some maternity hospitals are thinking about legalizing them. A large number of maternity hospitals even cooperate with midwives who help women give birth at home.
The editors of estet-portal.com will tell you who absolutely cannot give birth at home.
- Arguments "for" and "against" home birth
- Who absolutely should not give birth at home
- Home birth – need to whether to take risks
Arguments "for" and "against" home birth
Probably, many have heard, read in the media news that someone gave birth on an airplane, at a bus stop, in a restaurant. It is good that these cases are isolated and with a happy outcome. Some women are so worried about the upcoming birth that they are considering giving birth at home in order to be closer to their relatives (mother, husband) at this exciting moment.
Childbirth – this is a serious process in which, as with any medical intervention, complications may appear. No one can give you a 100% guarantee that childbirth both at home and in the hospital will be excellent. Therefore, you should always be aware of the possible risks.
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relaxation during contractions. And, of course, such relaxation is maximally achieved in the native walls – at home. You are in your usual surroundings, close to your family. But you should not expect that your relatives will be able to support you to the extent that a physician will. It is quite possible that some of them will have to be brought out of a semi-conscious state.
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Even with a perfect flow pregnancy, weight and fetal development, adverse situations may occur at any time. We list only those that can be avoided, in the presence of resuscitation, doctors and the necessary equipment:
• a newborn may receive a birth injury, which in the future will develop into a neurological problem; • if the process of childbirth is delayed, then the child will experience oxygen starvation, and in the absence of qualified assistance, the outcome may be more dangerous;
• the risk of bleeding in the parturient woman, perhaps even surgery is needed;
• if a woman had a caesarean section before, then there is a risk of uterine rupture at the site of the scar. In this case, urgent help is needed.
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Who absolutely should not give birth at home
There is a huge list of diseases and complications, in which childbirth is dangerous not only at home. Remember that the help of a qualified specialist – This is the price of the life of both the mother and the child. Even the experience of giving birth to previous children does not serve as proof that this time everything will be just as good.
The presence of chronic diseases in a woman – the main contraindication for childbirth at home. There are such contraindications:
• renal failure – kidneys may fail, resulting in death;
• if the woman had previously had a caesarean section;• large fruit – a large weight in the fetus will provoke severe ruptures during labor, it may even be necessary to have a caesarean section;
• narrow pelvis in a woman in labor;
• if the fetus is in the wrong presentation – pelvic;
• chronic heart disease, pressure problems;
• the presence of pathological abnormalities in a woman in labor during pregnancy (for example, preeclampsia).
It is possible that a woman wants to give birth at home, but her husband is a little not sure that he can fully support her. In this case, do not hesitate and give birth categorically surrounded by qualified specialists. No one knows how the birth process will go, perhaps your husband will create additional problems and cause for excitement, men often react to the process of childbirth in an extraordinary way – they frighten them and lead them into a stupor.
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Home birth – is it worth the risk
In Western countries, giving birth at home is legal, it is allowed there. But for some reason, the percentage of such women in labor is scanty. For example, in the USA there are 2% of such births, in Australia – 5%, and in the Netherlands – up to 25%. Such births in the West are taken by midwives who have special certificates, their competence and professionalism are controlled by supervisory authorities and medical institutions. Nowadays, giving birth at home – conscious choice of spouses in 92%, the remaining 8% – those who simply do not have time to get to the hospital. There is a huge selection of maternity hospitals, doctors with whom you can agree on all the details and subtleties. If you need it, then your husband will be with you during childbirth, the child is immediately given to the mother, everything is no longer the same as in Soviet times, when maternity hospitals resembled secure enterprises. By the way, in third world countries to give birth at home – this is the fate of the poor, who are not able to pay for qualified assistance.
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The best alternative would be if conditions were created in all maternity hospitals as close as possible to home.
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