Home birth

To date, the popularity of childbirth at home has increased significantly. To some extent, this phenomenon is associated with a mistrust of modern medicine, and to doctors in particular. However, the most important reason for the desire to give birth to a child in his native walls is reading or listening to stories of "experienced" women in labor. They describe this process as deeply intimate, heartfelt and enchanting, not recalling the pain or screams of doctors.

Surprisingly, in some countries it has become legal to produce a child in the home, which physicians do not like at all. Is everything as rosy as it might seem at first glance?

Positive aspects of home births

There is an opinion that the Lord rewarded the woman with sufficient strength to enable her to bear the child and be released from the burden. The pregnant woman has the full natural right to personally choose the place of appearance of the heir to the light and the environment, which will be present at the same time. The same applies to the choice of a comfortable pose.

In the birth of the house there is no need to obey the instructions of a midwife and can be located exactly as convenient. Many women are easier to give birth squatting, lying on their side or taking a knee-elbow position. By the way, the generally accepted tradition of giving birth lying on the back is no longer relevant, since it is recognized as the most uncomfortable.

Among the women are very popular childbirth houses in the water, which also has a perfectly logical explanation. It is believed that the child who was pregnant with the entire pregnancy amniotic fluid, will be "happy" to get into the water and after his birth. Practitioners at home birth couples believe that such a process of birth in the most favorable way affects the emotional and physical health of the newborn. In any case, even if the birth of the house in the bathroom did not work out, the baby whose birth occurred in his native abode will definitely feel better than the one that appeared with the help of anesthesia or stimulation.

Also, the positive aspects of the natural childbirth of the house include the following:

• there is an opportunity to put the child on the breast without delay and give him a chance to warm up with the mother's warmth, try the first, most useful drops of colostrum , calm down and forget the stress experienced - this can rarely be achieved in the hospital, since the value of such moments is neglected by doctors;
• The presence of a father and an experienced obstetrician gives a woman a sense of security and stability;
• there is an opportunity to choose a personal doctor, whom you completely trust.

Home birth: for and against

As in any case, here too, there is a downside to the coin. It's all about the banal absence of all necessary safety equipment and devices at home. At any moment, something can go wrong, and it will be too late to go to the hospital. Yes, and midwives who provide assistance of this kind, do not bear any responsibility for their actions. And this is without mentioning what a large-scale preparation for home births should be carried out by all participants in the process.

What is needed for home delivery?

It is rather difficult to make an exact list of what is needed. A woman and her partner need to understand the whole essence of the forthcoming, to study the mechanism of births, to prepare for it morally and physically. The chosen obstetrician must take care of the medication side of the issue. A woman who will soon be relieved of her burden must make an enema before the birth of her home, provide relatives with the opportunity to tidy up the entire dwelling, stock up on dowries for the newborn and diapers for herself.

In no case can birth be caused at home, this process should proceed as naturally as possible. You yourself chose this option, so completely trust in nature.