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My first child was born in 2015. Hospital births were all I knew. That was what most people in my family and many of my friends had done. I had a hospital birth with midwives. It was everything ...
Douthit decided to jump the border after her first pregnancy resulted in a C-section that left her deeply distressed. A data-oriented engineer, she ran the numbers and concluded that a home birth with a midwife was less risky than another C-section in a hospital. She went into active labor for her second baby on January 18, 2017.
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A 2012 Cochrane review compared traditional hospital births with alternative, home-like settings in or near conventional hospital labor wards. In comparison with traditional hospital wards, home-like settings had a trend towards an increase in spontaneous vaginal birth, continued breastfeeding at six to eight weeks, and a positive view of care. [5]
For births that occur in hospitals the WHO recommends a hospital stay of at least 24 hours following an uncomplicated vaginal delivery and 96 hours for a Cesarean section. Looking at length of stay (in 2016) for an uncomplicated delivery around the world shows an average of less than 1 day in Egypt to 6 days in (pre-war) Ukraine.
Aug. 24—URBANA — The time remaining for babies to be born at OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center, Urbana, is down to a handful of days. Peoria-based OSF HealthCare has gotten clearance from state ...
However, all participants reported negative prior experience with maternity care where the women had felt there was a mismatch between their needs and the care they received. Women were more likely to report traumatic experiences about hospital births than midwife-attended home births, but there were negative experiences reported with both.
Amid a bleak outlook, several birthing advocates believe the future of Black maternal health looks like generational and communal healing. […] The post Black births can and should be joyful ...