Ten Reasons Two Nurses Chose Planned Homebirth – A Testimonial
I have had two patients who experienced the joys of homebirth – both of whom are nurses in their own profession – who wrote up their 10 reasons for why they chose homebirth.
- Homebirth offers a level of control and freedom of choice that cannot be achieved with traditional prenatal care or hospital birth.
- Control over medical decisions without feeling pressured, but still being educated.
- Control over body positioning and comfort measures labor.
- Control over environment including location, lighting, temperature, music, visitors, etc.
- Autonomy to choose the prenatal and infant testing and procedures that are important to you based on your needs without feeling pressured.
- Control over treatment of placenta.
- Reduced chance of potentially dangerous and/or unnecessary medical interventions such as induction, forceps, episiotomy, and caesarian-section.
- Ability to experience the natural sensations and feelings associated with birth to allow the body to appropriately release chemicals and hormones in response to those sensations.
- Allows the mother to feel more connected to the birth experience.
- Fully experience the emotions of childbirth.
- Reduced risk of hospital acquired infection for mom and baby.
- Ability to give birth in a relaxing environment surrounded by supportive and loving people of your choice.
- Small, committed team of professionals dedicated to your care throughout the entire pregnancy and labor.
- Increased safety due to continuity of care.
- As many or few family and friends as you desire.
- Freedom to eat, drink, and move throughout labor freely.
- Ability to connect with your pregnancy and labor on a more emotional, spiritual, and physical level.
- A chance to challenge yourself and test the limits of your body, while experiencing birth the way it has been done throughout time.
- Freedom to choose delayed chord clamping, immediate skin to skin contact, and early breast feeding.
- Increased ease of bonding for the whole family. Plus, no waiting for discharge!