Home Birth

For Baby's Sake, Women Considering Home Birth Must Plan and Heed Health, Safety Issues

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.07.2012

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Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

If you're a trend-watcher, there's an intriguing statistical uptick that's worth a second glance and it involves women, their health and where they're giving birth.

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Homebirth Midwives and the Hospital Goliath: Evidence Builds for Disruptive Innovation

John Weeks | Posted 05.29.2012

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John Weeks

Consider the potentially long-term positive consequences if mothers and families learn that most can have their babies at home, without all that expensive intervention.

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Facing Maternity Care Gaps, Midwives Push For Birthing Justice

Michelle Chen | Posted 04.03.2012

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Michelle Chen

As with all reproductive justice struggles, from access to birth control to the right to choose, self-determination in childbirth is about putting social trust in the hands of women.

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Home Birth: A Real Alternative

Limari Colon | Posted 03.26.2012

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Limari Colon

Giving birth to my child naturally was not about politics, nor adventure. It was about what was best for both of us. I felt the need to protect our first moments together, to bond, and as a result of following my gut, I acquired a purpose in life.

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Setting Up Realistic Expectations of Birth -- Changes We Can All Make

Brandy Ferner | Posted 12.24.2011

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Brandy Ferner

Our culture sends the message that birth is no big thang. It's pretty ordinary, happens everyday, is nothing more than a baby coming out of a hole.

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Home Births Up By 20 Percent: Is It Something You Should Consider?

AP | By LEANNE ITALIE | Posted 09.04.2011

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NEW YORK -- One mother chose home birth because it was cheaper than going to a hospital. Another gave birth at home because she has multiple sclerosis...

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Mothers Deserve Options

Ricki Lake | Posted 08.26.2011

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Ricki Lake

Why does it matter if a mother's prenatal visits are 10 minutes long or last more than an hour? Why does it matter if the care provider at her birth is someone she has built a trusting relationship with over 9 months or a stranger-on-call?

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Home Births Up, Experts Cite Natural-Birth 'Subculture'

AP | By MIKE STOBBE | Posted 07.20.2011

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ATLANTA -- Home births rose 20 percent over four years, government figures show, reflecting what experts say is a small subculture among white women t...

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Women Speak Out About What's Gone Wrong with the United States Birthing System

Tabby Biddle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tabby Biddle

Here is the reality: Hospitals are businesses. They want those beds filled and emptied. And there is something else you should know: Having a baby in a hospital might not be as safe as you thought.

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Kaitlin Olson & Rob McElhenney, TV Costars, Welcome Baby At Home

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kaitlin Olson and Rob McElhenney (MAK'-uh-lay-nee) of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" hit a home run with their new baby boy. ...

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Why Home Births Are Worth Considering

Melissa Cheyney | Posted 11.17.2011

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Melissa Cheyney

If doctors and midwives could be willing to learn from and respect one another, women and babies in our country would benefit.

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Woman And Triplets Die After Home Birth

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SHELTON, Conn. — A woman hid from her boyfriend and family members that she was carrying triplets, then bled to death while delivering the full-...

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What's So Scary About Home Birth?

Amie Newman | Posted 11.17.2011

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Amie Newman

The Today Show presents homebirth as an option to be feared, but that's only because the unknown is often a scary venture. If you listen to women's experiences, It doesn't have to be that way.

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Extreme Birth, Indeed

Jennifer Block | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jennifer Block

Routine maternity ward monitoring, inducing, and anesthetizing have added up to millions of unnecessary cesarean sections: a hospital childbirth system gone insane.

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Orgasmic Birth: The Natural Reality Behind The Hype

Lee Stranahan | Posted 11.17.2011

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Lee Stranahan

Orgasmic Birth certainly is a grabber of a title. Those aren't two words normally found close together in a sentence. In our culture, other adjectives are more common such as Painful Childbirth.

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Docs to Women: Pay No Attention to Ricki Lake's Home Birth

Ricki Lake, Jennifer Block, and Abby Epstein | Posted 11.17.2011

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Ricki Lake, Jennifer Block, and Abby Epstein

The physicians of America have issued their decree -- they don't want you having your babies at home with midwives -- we can't imagine why not. They have no evidence to back up their claims.

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