Induction of labour
Induction happens to 1 in 3 women in Australia. Why is it that we think that a third of all women are unable to give give without the medical help of Obstetric intervention? the most common reason...
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On Sat, May 7 I woke up and was having contractions every 5 minutes for half an hour. I got all excited and thought it was labor for sure, so I got up and called the answering service. By the time she...
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LifeSpring Midwifery, LLC
We are proud to announce that Alison Haasch, owner of NaturalChildbirth.org, is now a licensed midwife in the state of Arizona. Alison has been training and working with midwives Pamela Qualls and Sue...
View ArticleHome birth popularity declines again
Some 29% of babies born in the Netherlands between 2005 and 2008 were born at home, says the national statistics office CBS. Between 1997 and 2000, home births accounted for 35% of the total. In 1953...
View ArticleRecession relief: midwifery saves money
Let’s face it: the economy sucks right now. We haven’t yet hit rock bottom, and it’s going to be awhile (probably a long while) before things begin to recover. In the midst of this harsh financial...
View ArticleIs Home Birth Safe?
Numerous studies have shown that for low-risk women home birth is indeed a safe choice. In fact, some studies have show that a homebirth can be a safer option than a hospital delivery for low-risk...
View ArticleMidwifery business uncertain because of insurance
This central Florida office feels more like a home than a maternity ward, with portraits of glowing mothers-to-be proudly displayed on the walls leading to the “suites.” The Van Gogh room has a...
View Article£1.75m for midwives to raise home births rate
Extra midwives are to be recruited for Northampton General Hospital, using £1.75 million of NHS funding to ensure every woman can choose a home birth. The funding was revealed by NHS managers in their...
View ArticleFree for all to attack homebirth
This has been a terrible few days for homebirth midwives here in Australia, the articles so bad and lacking in information. This is a particularly bad one so you can all see what is happening. I have...
View ArticleMothers defend right to home birth
A recent review of the country’s maternity services recommended the Federal Government overhaul the power given to midwives. If accepted by Health Minister Nicola Roxon’s department, some midwives...
View ArticleThe Dutch way: homebirth and at-home maternity care!
Now that I’m living in the Netherlands, chances are high that the next baby will be born at home. Currently, one in three babies are born at home here! To compare: in the UK, only about 2% of the...
View ArticleHome Birth is serious business..
Serious, intelligent women are saying “no” to maternity care that, contrary to what obstetricians and hospitals would lead us to believe, actually increases risk and danger for mother and baby. Women...
View ArticleThe Cost of Being Born At Home
Yesterday in New York City, Julie Finefrock appeared before the health fund subcommittee of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) as part of her appeal of their denial of her homebirth...
View ArticleHomebirthing vs Freebirthing: There is a Difference!
This morning in Babble Wrap we linked to a story about the tragic deaths of four babies in the last nine months during homebirths. The article in the Telegraph painted a picture of women undergoing...
View ArticleThe Benefits of Home Birth
On Twitter @benjamingeiger asked me what are the benefits of home birth over hospital birth. I’ll admit that it was a question that made me stop and stare for a few minutes. When you’re as obsessed...
View ArticleHome births as safe as hospital
The latest research, published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics, focused on the Netherlands, where around 30 per cent of births take place at home. Of all births in England and Wales in...
View Article10 Homebirth Facts No One’s Telling You
If you’re newly pregnant, chances are you have never heard the truth about why homebirth is a safer choice for low-risk pregnancies. And if you’re not newly pregnant, it is never to late to consider...
View ArticleApril’s Homebirth Story
Contractions started Saturday afternoon, the 8th of July 2006 for me. It was kind of funny because Guy and Laurie left, and not very long after that, I had a contraction.. of course at first I didn’t...
View ArticleMattress Ad Features Homebirth
Not sure what the mattress ads in your TV market are like, but around here, they typically feature a wacky mattress store giant ready to slash prices on name brands! (Pillow tops! Kings!) Or a barely...
View Article7 Steps to Preparing Your Bed for a Homebirth
http://www.organic-birth.com/homebirth_bed.html While, in my experience, many, if not most, homebirth moms, do not get into bed until after the baby is born, it is still a great idea to have the bed...
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