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youtube.com - Concentrate please, on the info given in this video as it states "in her state" VBAC's are no longer allowed by anyone other than Registered Nurse Midwives! Remember that article about 1 montha ago about the American Medical Association wanting no home births and all births to take place in hospitals? I think We'd better all take that info seriously. Please, if You can, find out what the laws are in Your state and post here: 1. Are lay m;idwives allowed to practice in your state? 2. Can VBacs be done at home? 3. Can Registered Nurses perform VBAC births at home? 4. Must ALL deliveries be done in a hospital? Look below at My comment.
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Hi Moma's! I made Myself cry tonite watching these adorable birth films-but We all
need times that tie Us to Ourselves, don't We? I am posting another utube that will
make You cry -it is an adorable video of a Moma and (I think) Father, singing together
as the little Moma is having contractions giving birth to a 10 pounder! It is inspiring
and very moving. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3WA9iHz5ww&feature=related -
Those were beautiful. I cried, also. So amazing. Thanks for sharing those with us!
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That was so beautiful, thank you for sharing the miracle of life! I could have sworn I saw little Hannah smile, so sweet!
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Wow!
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Wow! Thanks for the info! My brother and his wife have 8 children...only one was born in a hospital...they hated the experience...the others were born at home with midwives...except for the last 3...my brother delivered them himself!
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I used to support home births until one of my friends decided to do it because she wanted to have a beautiful experience. She had a very skilled midwife and everything was set. Unfortunately, they had complications (sorry won't go into details) and the baby could not be saved. These complications, the autopsy showed, would have been avoided had they been in a hospital. My friend is miserable beyond belief and can't help but blame herself everyday. I know that this is not the case all or even most of the time. But if you are pro-life I do believe that this is a measure you should take... IMO
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In other words the child is worth more than the "experience"
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When there are complications you are suppose to go to the hospital. I had a baby die and I am all about the doctors and hospitals, however, I fully respect the choice of parents to have a homebirth if they make the choice. If you are pro choice, you should respect the choice of others.
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Homebirths are for normal, uncomplicated births and a midwife will know when it is time to go to a hospital or at least call an ambulance to standby just in case. I can certainly understand the previous poster's feelings about homebirths after the tragedy that happened to her friend, but we can't take away from the full picture because of a few, rare unfortunate events. The truth is that a normal, uncomplicated birth at home is just as safe, and in many cases safer, than a normal birth in the hospital. ( I am certainly not speaking of high risk births, or other rare emergencies) The rate of infant mortality is not higher in planned homebirths than in hospitals so there is no reason to take away a womans right to choose where to give births. It is easy to overlook that the interventions that are given to a Laboring woman that are meant to protect the baby and mom actually cause complications in a normal birth. For every planned homebirth horror story, there are hundreds more hospital horror stories from medical malpractice or simply from trying to force a woman's body to unaturally speed up labor so that the room can be cleaned and ready for the next woman waiting to be induced. If all our medical interventions were completly necessary, we would see the results in the overall numbers, wouldn't we? But our infant and maternal mortality rate are some the worst among industralized countries. Intact, the countries with the lowest rates have a midwife based system in which most normal births are attended by midwives and usually at home. Denying the choice for a woman to choose a homebirth is not pro-life, in fact, it is the opposite.
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