Home Birth: DIY Labor and Delivery - Part 2

[deliverynurse5873]

You CAN do this in a hospital. I helped someone yesterday have a similar birth. minus the cats.

and i'm glad she was in the hospital, the baby was not great at delivery, even though there was not ONE sign of distress in labor. Do you want to risk your child's life?????

[PromisedJubilee]

Oh my gosh, cute baby!

[diana11071988]

best vid of home birth ever. that baby is lucky for having such amazing parents

[kusa1978]

My daughters enjoyed watching this thank you. Now three little girls have had a lot of questions answers. They do not have fear of home births. I told them all about their births and they wanted to see what I was talking about. We did not have a video cam handy during those days. We still remember everything like it happened.

[noblemishleft]

Beautiful and very helpful video! I just gave birth to my first son at home about a month ago, and it was by far the best experience of my life. I really believe women need to be informed that homebirth is a safe and wonderful option! Thank you for sharing.

[Ay1ab]

hi i am Ayla, love home births. i have two girls Cyprus five and Saphira one. i had Cyprus at home when i was 18. i would have had Saphira at home but my mid wife was in france, she came back to NZ 3days after i had her. i wish i had her at home. at the hospital i didn't no the mid wife and it just felt so impersonal. in NZ its not as bad having your baby in hospital . they don't give out epidural like lollies. Cyprus was 5hours 8lb 10oz, Saphira was 5hours 30mins 7lb 8oz both 100%natura,

[MrSnowman103]

in the netherlands two out of three babies are born at home. only special cases go to the hospital and thats generally known before you go into labour.

[dgmkerry444]

The parents seem very old-fashioned and natural, it's really quite beautiful if you think about it. Whenever I get pregnant, I'm planning to have a 100% natural home birth.

[gowlands]

wow you are an insperation girl...well done to you all x

[ashleyecarr]

Thanks for sharing this lovely normal birth.. :)

[TheDragonsmile]

I have been researching home birthing for my next labor and delivery, your video was very informative. I had a hospital birth with my daughter who is 15 months old, we were able to go to a hospital that supports water birthing and it was very soothing to be in the water. I think that it is wonderful that people like you are brave enough to share you experiences and to talk about the medicalization of the birth process.

[kastnmagic]

LOL!!! I love this husband!! He says, "More manageable"... Like he went through the labor and delivery himself literally! Too funny.... Great Vid!!

[MuslimahWarrior]

Congrats! I loved my home birth experience too:) Its so much more laid back. It was great.

Love how your cats were hanging out with you very cute.

Best Regards.

[StLRunMom]

My first baby was breech and, not knowing any other options, we had a C-Section (my water broke before the planned version). It is like a previous person mentioned -- some of the RNs in the hospital are great and others were abrupt and rude. Even with Apgars of 8 & 10, he developed textbook RDS following a C-Section. When the very attentive staff started seeing problems, they didn't come get us. We spent 11 days in the NICU. Now we are going to have our 2nd...and planning a homebirth.

[sunflowermother]

I think it's great to give birth the way u have. I wish I could have. Though in a delivery room we were fortunate that our son came into the world with no crying & he was very calm & placed on my belly & chest. He looked straight into my eyes. It was magical. The one thing I wonder about w/home births is if there is a complication how do they handle it? Ex: bradycardia or cephalopelvic disproportion. Would the parents mind answering this if you know? Congratulations! Enjoy Parenthood. *)*

[MrsWJAA]

bradycardia usually calls for a change in position, and if that doesn't work, a posible hospital transfer. for cephalopelvic dispoportion, usually getting into an upright squatting, or hands/knees squat widens the birth canal enough to allow the baby through, or the woman can squat while the top part of her hips are pressed so as to open the lower part wider (kinda like a clothes pin)

[nicolefreckles]

I regrettably had an elective c-section Aug. '08. I couldn't fathom the strength & endurence I'd need to have my daughter naturally. During the beginning of my pregnancy, I watched a lot of home births on youtube and originally wanted to go that route, but somewhere towards the end, I was terrified. I wish I would have had the confidence in myself and support from others to have had my daughter at home.

Congrats of your new family!!! :)

[lillylynn1]

can someone tell me what its like to have a hospital birth?

[nappystar25]

If you have to have a hospital birth you have to start by picking a great midwife and doula..but i i could have a home birth I would love to..It jsut not fair that insurance companys dont pay for homebirth..

[nattyblonde]

I can reply based on my own (and my friends') experiences - I was comfortable, empowered, and well-cared for. My OB (1st x) and nurse/midwife (2nd x) and nurses all knew I wanted to have a natural birth and respected that to the utmost. My 3 y/o daughter was present at the labor and delivery of my younger and the hospital was nothing but supportive.

Hospitals are not bad places to give birth but there are plenty of bad attendants so do your homework in advance and communicate your wishes.

[MrsWJAA]

you are lucky to have been in a great hospital with wonderful attendants, there are many hospitals/attendants in this country whose policies/practices won't allow for these things, I wish they were all as good as the one you were in:)

[Trocar72]

What a wonderful and beautiful story. Thank you for taking the time to share this with us!

[brandondallas]

He looked pretty blue at first. That would have scared me quite a bit. What is that song at the end. It was cool.

[redfireli119]

aww what a little angel, a beautiful baby!!

13 hours for a first labor!! that is really great!!

what did you do to prepare yourself for dealing with the pain of contractions/labor? It seemed like it went really smoothly for you and that is so great.

[nattyblonde]

I understand folks desire to have a homebirth considering what hospital births were like for my mother's generation; however, giving birth in a hospital is not like it used to be. I had both of my girls in small, relatively rural hospitals in towns that may be thought "unenlightened" by many progressive thinkers. I never had any of the negative experiences that the movie subjects assume come along with hospital birth. For any birth choosing a caring, patient and experienced attendant is the key.

[MrsWJAA]

I have attended hospital births as a nursing student, they can be as bad as the persons in the video 'assume'. I attended births at two hospitals, one small rural type which did have the nicer birth by the way(still a lot of interventions though), and the other a moderate size hospital in a small city. At both places patients were assigned whichever attendants that were on duty because there are no CNMs associated with those facilities.

[verdouxkai]

"All hospitals should have cats."

Amen! :D

[lilismamadez]

I am considering a home birth, pregnant with my number two, and I loved these videos. but the pictures of the baby being bluish? I assume that's normal, because he was perfectly alright, but it was a bit of a scary image for me.

[edaj84]

thankyou very much for this video. one avid homebirther here :D

[lunafiah]

thanks for this video, it was great and well done. thank you for helping to spread the word that homebirth is safe!!

[willowtreephoto]

very informative and honest video.

the parents seem very down to earth and intelligent. i love how much the dad participates.

[Xzanesmommy]

This was such an awesome video it's amazing that you guys shared this with everyone. Congrates your your BEAUTIFUL arrival. I had my son on Dec 20th and the rocking on all fours was the only thing that would calm me down as well. CONGRATES  once again.

[dinghmm]

Thanks so much for sharing...he's beautifull btw

[AmandaWoodrum]

Wonderful videos, thank you so much!

[BethRevels]

This is a wonderful set of videos. Thank you for putting this out there. I studied midwifery for several years but moved to an area where I couldn't practice. Since then I had changed my focus, but I'm still a huge supporter of homebirth. The more control we have in our lives the richer our lives are for it.

[PhantomAngel69]

congratulations u have a adorable son and i am gonna be doin a home birth also and u set a very good example great documentary

[Naomidoula]

Excellent documentary! Thanks for sharing. I am a birth doula and plan to become a homebirth midwife when my kids are older. Plus, my second child was born at home - a big difference from my first experience!

[Cher298262]

isn't a doula someone who just helps calm the mother and doesnt really help in the birth at all?

im not saying ur not important im jjust curious because of info i was told once.

[edaj84]

in a technial/medical sense, no a doula doesn't "help" but having a doula can help tremendously!! We are aware of a lot of techniques to help with pain relief, breathing etc. Having a doula has been shown to reduce the c-section rate by up to 50 %.

so we may not "help" but boy do we HELP!!