Anonymous wrote:This is anecdotal but a friend of mine nearly died along with her baby, giving birth to her first at home. She is incredibly fit and healthy, no family history of complications, had a great smooth pregnancy during which she ran and did yoga every day.

She had to be rushed to the hospital for an emergency C-section. The baby was stuck behind a bone in her pelvis and never would have made it out without intervention.

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Anonymous wrote:Even though baby and I had no risk factors, my third would be dead if I had him at home. Don’t.

This is absolutely ridiculous and just the kind of histrionics I'd expect on this board. You have no idea what the issues were with her 3rd or if she really even needed medical intervention. Do you see how many women here claim they needed an "emergency cesarean", yet they weren't placed under general anesthesia? Here's a newsflash, that's called an unplanned cesarean, almost always done unnecessarily.

I've had a free standing birth center birth, homebirth and I'm planning another homebirth. I'm a big advocate for birthing at home.

I will say, it's not for the faint of heart. I doubt many of my friends have the pain tolerance to handle it. They'd likely demand a hospital transfer after a few mins of transition. I do believe it's almost always healthier for the baby and mother to deliver in the home environment. Also brings baby into a calm and loving environment, that's a much better way to be welcomed onto the earth side.

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Anonymous wrote:OP would be well served to read the Failure to Deliver series. https://stories.usatodaynetwork.com/failuretodeliver/about-the-investigation/.

Also, Kara Keogh was 4 blocks from a hospital. Proximity to
the hospital doesn’t mean anything in a critical situation. Seconds matter.

Yep infant rescusitation procedures are meant to be timed in seconds, with hospital equipment and drugs only a MD can administer on hand, and with multiple professionals involved.

Anonymous wrote:OP would be well served to read the Failure to Deliver series. https://stories.usatodaynetwork.com/failuretodeliver/about-the-investigation/.

Also, Kara Keogh was 4 blocks from a hospital. Proximity to
the hospital doesn’t mean anything in a critical situation. Seconds matter.

Anonymous wrote:Just NO. I was driving by the Birthcare place in Alexandria last week and it had 3 ambulances outside. NO NO NO. Look at what happened to poor Kara Keough.

Anonymous wrote:When I hear “home birth” I hear “dead baby”. There is never, ever a Good reason to choose a home birth. There is no argument that is valid. When you choose a home birth, you choose your own “experience” over the life of your child.

Anonymous wrote:OP would be well served to read the Failure to Deliver series. https://stories.usatodaynetwork.com/failuretodeliver/about-the-investigation/.

Also, Kara Keogh was 4 blocks from a hospital. Proximity to
the hospital doesn’t mean anything in a critical situation. Seconds matter.

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Anonymous wrote:Both of my kids were born vaginally but both came out limp and blue and not breathing. They each had a full NICU team waiting. Both are fine because of my medical team. I would never ever feel comfortable with a home birth after my experiences.

My first got stuck on my hooked tailbone (an issue never previously identfied), which had to broken and she needed a vaccum assist to get over the broken bone. Totally unexpected. Very painful and scary as her heart rate started dropping while they tried to solve the mystery of why she was stuck in the birth canal. She was crowning when the issue arose--not at good time for a hospital transfer.

My second was larger than her ultrasounds predicted. Shoulder dydystocia-i.e., she got stuck after her head had come out. Very, very dangerous and very scary. A midwife might have been able to get her out, but in the hospital I had 6 people assisting. Some pushing on my stomach. Some getting things for the doctor. There is no way a single midwife (or even two) would have been as efficient and every second counts as the baby is being suffocated. I am enormously glad for the NICU team who immediately treated my limp, blue, not breathing baby when she came out.

Do you realize it's super common for all babies to come out like that? They're getting oxygen from the attached cord. You just think the "full NICU team" saved the day.

NO. No, no ,no.

Babies usually cry at incision or perineum, depending on how delivered. Being limp is not normal. They may not be fully flexed and may be acrocyanotic, but they should be able to transition better than "limp, blue, and not breathing." That's a really low APGAR.

Anonymous wrote:Has anybody here ever done one? I am in my second trimester and have started doing research into it and am really interested in the experience. Don't know how to go about finding more DC specific information (have reached out to a couple of midwives for clarification) and would also just love to hear if anybody has had any experience with it.

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Anonymous wrote:Even though baby and I had no risk factors, my third would be dead if I had him at home. Don’t.

This is absolutely ridiculous and just the kind of histrionics I'd expect on this board. You have no idea what the issues were with her 3rd or if she really even needed medical intervention. Do you see how many women here claim they needed an "emergency cesarean", yet they weren't placed under general anesthesia? Here's a newsflash, that's called an unplanned cesarean, almost always done unnecessarily.

I've had a free standing birth center birth, homebirth and I'm planning another homebirth. I'm a big advocate for birthing at home.

I will say, it's not for the faint of heart. I doubt many of my friends have the pain tolerance to handle it. They'd likely demand a hospital transfer after a few mins of transition. I do believe it's almost always healthier for the baby and mother to deliver in the home environment. Also brings baby into a calm and loving environment, that's a much better way to be welcomed onto the earth side.

Plenty of necessary sections occur unplanned. Just because a csection isn’t a matter of life and death that very second doesn’t mean it’s not necessary.