Wow, amazing..beautiful..and funny because I was just thinking (about my own baby's birth in 10 weeks time) that I'd just like to climb in the tub and not have anyone interfering or trying to tell me I needed my waters breaking or that I need monitors or IV or trying to cut the cord early, I thought why can't I just do it myself? No stress, nobdy undermining my decisions..this woman's proven it's possible!
This is the first birth I've ever witnessed (including my own two) that has ever moved me to tears - it was so peaceful and sacred. For those who think this woman was medicated, learn about the fear-pain cycle. Like she said, when you relax and let your body do what it was designed to do, don't try to fight it, and don't be afraid of it, you still feel discomfort, but it doesn't register in your brain the way pain usually does.
Aww this vid is so sweet and heart warming! Especially the way you hold your baby against your chest....its so sweet! Reminds me of when I gave birth. Of course not in a tub though...Im not quite THAT tolerable! But again....great vid....
I'm amazed at those who attack women for trusting their natural abilities to give birth. People now run to the doctor and pencil in their baby's due date with chemically induced labors. They allow the "Dr." to slice them open from vagina to bung hole which causes serious problems for the women later, rather than patiently allowing her vagina to expand without mutilation. Some Docs deny women to squat, the most natural birthing position for easy delivery. What the hell is wrong with people? FEAR.
@ech1dna It is not a planet I am describing, it's called a hospital. The dictionary defines it as "hospital - an institution in which sick or injured persons are given Medical or surgical treatment." Just so you know, pregnancy isn't a sickness, nor is it an injury. Many normal and healthy earth mommas choose to only go to those for something called an EMERGENCY. The most positive birthing experiences I've heard were home deliveries. In fact, the only horror stories I've heard are hospital ones.
@DiaShanti - If you read my posts you'd see that I have no issue with homebirth so long as there is effective professional backup- you are trying conflate safely conducted homebirths with these ridiculous stunt freebirthers who risk their babies lives for their wacko ideology.
"the only horror stories I've heard are hospital ones"- as you said yourself that because where people go when the shit hits the fan. Your anti-healthcare crusade is as dumb as it is dangerous.
@ech1dna That is presumptuous to assume why women choose freebirthing...I'm sure she understands HER CHOICE better than your guesswork. I'm not anti-healthcare, I'm just against unecessary c-sections, as ALREADY STATED. Pay attention. As for the two women I know personally, they nearly died due to c-sections because of the neglectful cut of the docor. The baby did not cause the hemoraging, the slicing and dicing did. It sounds like the best you've got are insults. Stick to the topic discussion.
@DiaShanti Got any comments for me that AREN"T sexist, based on silly conspiracy theories or specific to only the USA (which is a global freak case when it comes to most forms of healthcare)?
@ech1dna They aren't conspiracy theories when they are coming DIRECTLY FROM THE WOMEN THEMSELF, REPORTING THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE. To call their truthful recount of their own negative hospital experience 'silly' is just odd. And the reason I speak from a USA standpoint is because I LIVE HERE and the stories I hear from women ARE FROM HERE, silly goose. But I do agree the USA is a global freak when it comes to "healthcare" and encouraging unecessary procedures.
WOW...this is amazing...when i do this i will love to do it in water!!! but i am shy...so i will do it with a sports bra...congrats and God bless...=)
Beautiful!!! Thank you so much for sharing your experience of that beautiful moment with us!!! It definitely makes me less worried of having a baby. Congratulations!!!!!
@brookielove44 - why do you think that before medical science over 1 in 10 births ended in the death of either the baby, the woman or both? Birthing without medical back-up when its freely available (as is in the UK) is dumb and irresponsible- if her kid died because she wanted a hippy birth then it was 100% her fault as good as if she killed it herself.
@ech1dna Of women who currently die during labor more than 70% have had "medical-back up" called a cesarean. A baby is 3 times more likely to die from being born via c-section. Baby goes through some miraculous necessities for good health in vaginal delivery. C-sections are intended for EMERGENCIES ONLY but are now common practice because the "Dr." is impatient with allowing the woman a natural delivery. A midwife who delivered 300 babies said only 1 was a needed c-section.
@ech1dna I used to wonder about this stat too, but later learned that many deaths due to labor were from peasant women being malnourished and over worked. Wealthy women wore corsets and you can imagine how squishing your organs later impacted delivery. There is more to this picture, so we must consider all of the circumstances instead of just giving credit to doctors for medical invention. Truth is only about 1 in 300 or so c-sections are necessary, but today about 1 in 4 women CHOOSE them.
This women is my hero ;-) I'm going to be having a water birth in 2 months, i will try to relax during it. My other birth was extremely painful at the hospital.
@Grovyle153 --- you know we all have unique experiences and pain is also a question of definition, we are made fir this.. we are not made for breaking a leg,,, that you implement that she might have taken pills showes how you dont know. please feel welcome to explore this topic more.
@misssinger1990 Those screaming women were all unprepared mentally for the birth. That is why it is so important to know the birth process, and to let your body take control during labor. I see so many women fighting their contractions and getting tensed up and scared, and it just turns the whole thing into a big unpleasant ordeal. The key is to relax, focus, breathe, and let it happen...
This is what I thought birth would be like before I had my first child. I was pressured into having my birth in way I didn't want, and was in absolute agony for the entire labor (even during the contractions of the first stage). I now believe that was because of the way the birth was handled and the stress I was under as a result. If my next pregancy is low-risk, I plan to have an unassisted birth. This video is encouraging--my thanks for sharing!
Fantastic!!!! Thank you for sharing these. As A Doula, and training to be a Midwife, I myself, when prepared to produce, want to do this. I am comfortable enough in my own skin, and accepting enough to the universe! DTVFAN: You answered your own question...in your questions...because my fellow Yanks are terrified of a natural vagina. Its too much woman for them. :)
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I see a lot of people spouting opinions here without supporting evidence (writing 'fact' after a claim means bugger all).
How about the US evidence which shows homebirth has nearly triple the neonatal death rate of hospital birth for comparable risk women? Read about that?
Read about it on the 'science based medicine' blog- paste into google: "A critique of the leading study of American homebirth".
Most anti-medicine extremists will claim its all lies of course, but thats ideology for you...
@ech1dna Have you also read about how flawed that study was? It was a series of micro studies compiled together in a way that suited ACOG and the lancet. Do some research on it you will be shocked what you find.
@carrie84uk "was a series of micro studies compiled together in a way that suited ACOG and the lancet."- Ho ho! In a way that suits a respected medical science journal? That is called 'peer-reviewed science'. That is how science progresses. Can you find any articles in journals of a similar science caliber criticising it? Remember- in science anything less than peer-reviewed journals is a weak source...
@ech1dna To me if the data isn't compiled in an appropriate way it doesn't matter who put their name to it, its a weak source. Thats just my personal view x
@ech1dna You don't get much more recognised in the field than Midirs. Though they are not the only valid source to discredit the lancets study and the way it was compiled x
Although having said that in the back of my mind there is the added security of knowing I am a 10 min drive away from the hospital if anything were to go wrong.
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"there is the added security of knowing I am a 10 min drive away from the hospital if anything were to go wrong"- hang on! in your last post hospitals are the source of all evil.
And incidentally, who will be the judge of 'things going wrong' during your birth? Your husband? How many hours (minutes?) of medical training has he had?...
For low risk women having normal pregnancies, incidents of infant mortality and other birth complications are lower in home births. Fact. I fear interventions in hospital more than I fear my birth (due in February) so I will be having a home birth and if a midwife isn't available to attend me (as happens more and more as the NHS makes cut backs and uses community midwives to supplement their busy hospital teams) I will do without.
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mrsbra- "I will do without"- then I would suggest you don't need a midwife, you need a psychologist.
Where exactly in the scientific literature is there a shred of evidence that unassisted homebirth is safer than a hospital birth in the UK? I'd like to read that...
@mrsbravis - you are comparing apples with oranges- the homebirth stats you use (which are contested anyway) do NOT apply to so called 'freebirth' situations like this so don't try to trick people into thinking they do.
'i fear hospital'- More fool you.
'if a midwife isn't available I will do without'- then you should face the legal consequences if your child is injured or killed in the process through avoidable complications...
@mrsbravis What if there are complications with the baby? You are not trained and don't have the available people nor equipment to deal with certain problems. And surely you can understand why your 'fact' is ridiculous and out of context?
Midwives do an awesome job and to have them vilified because of hippy delusions about the evils of science and medicine really disgusts me. Sure, campaign for SAFE assisted homebirth, but don't claim any and all homebirths are safe because that is a dangerous irresponsible LIE.
well, if you read carefully, you'll see I never said anything of the sort. Maybe I didn't explain myself properly, but I'm sure I never said that homebirth in any condition is 100% safe! However, facts tell us that in low risk pregnancies, the kind of birth this video shows is pretty much the best possible. Complications, mortality, pain, trauma and morbility are much, much more frequent in hospital births in litotomic position with routine episiotomy, which is USA routine.
I'm a midwifery student in Italy and all I can say is that this is EXACTLY what we're aiming at! No pain for the mother, no medication, no trauma for the baby and perfect health and CALM all round. Really fantastic. We know that a "perfect" birth doesn't exixst, but this one's really close! I think my tutors would cry for joy if they saw this, because this video is practically a summary of everything they've been saying for the past twenty years. Congratulations and good luck to the new family!
If everyone went for this style of birth you and your tutors would be out of a job OstSantAnna- or did you miss the bit about no medical assistance (ie.midwife)?
The makers of baby-sized coffins however would do a roaring trade...
Beautiful birth! Read Hypnobirthing, Painless Childbirth and Ina May's book on natural childbirth. Part of what makes birthing painful is not trusting your body to do what it is created to do. I had my daughter drug free in a waterbirth 11 months ago - the more I relaxed during contractions the more manageable they were the more I tensed the worse the were. This woman has amazing control over her body and her response to the contractions.
@justawhore67 When fear is present it causes pain. That blood drains from organs and goes to limbs/mucles to prepare for the "flight" or "fight" response. An article said that women who are scared while in labor have totally white uterus because all the blood leaves, causing agonizing pain. That is what fear can do for ya. I know it sounds hard to believe, but some women say they had no severe pain, but only extreme pressure and many report orgasms! Not what a fear based society wants to hear!
requirements vary state to state on what is necessary for a birth certificate. call your local health department and they can tell you. most of the time they just want proof of residency and proof that you were actually pregnant (so you aren't stealing a baby or something)
Seeing vids like this is a good start to helping you have a peaceful birth, because preparing your mind makes a big difference. I looked at your channel...are you a doctor or a nurse? Some resources I recommend on birth in addition to MIchel Odent, are Grantly Dick-Read, MD, Nancy Wainer Cohen (both Silent Knife and Open Season), Leboyer MD, Robert S. Mendelsohn, MD, Lewis Madrona-Mehl MD, and especially Robbie Davis-Floyd (anthropologist)& "Birth Without Doctors".
I hope your birth goes well, too, so remember, it isn't just luck!
Being careful to live in a healthy way, and face your issues so that you are in emotional and spiritual harmony is how you create your own luck. Having solid relationships with your partner and parents helps alot and takes some work and attention that modern life often distracts us from.
Also, being alone and undisturbed as is difficult in a hospital, helps your body to function optimally (see Robert Bradley, Michel Odent, obs)
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Birthing unassisted when avoidable is the height of irresponsibility and stupidity. I know some hippies high on alternative medicine dogma who tried it here in Australia- woman nearly died of hemorrhage and the baby did actually die of something easily preventable. They were devastated. Please don't promote this stupid idea! Homebirth (and waterbirth) is great (if you are low risk) but please have a midwife there!!!
ech1dna....It is best for the midwife to be in the next room and not standing over the woman. This will just cause her to become a bit agitated and expectant, and that is enough for the cervix to close-up. You need to read up on what Ina May Gaskin states about "sphincter law" because that is how the cervix operates during labour.
Far better to be at home in a relaxed environment than in a stressful environment of a hospital or to have a midwife standing over her. Relaxation helps the cervix.
@ech1dna Hilarious...some guy acts like he is an expert over millions of women who have delivered their own babies....perhaps for millions of years. Oh golly gee, I wonder if it were not for modern medical intervention, a RECENT thing, if we'd not have gone extinct by now. You sound like a fear based person who doubts the amazing strength of child birth THE MOST NATURAL THING IN THE WORLD. These women are clearly far more brave and SURVIVE to tell the tale. Get off their backs. Go bird watching.
99% of babies have their umbilical cord around their necks.. its natural.. why is it bad?? and if she is in a safe environment and she is a healthy girl why is it a risk?? Women have been having babies for thousands of years.. why is it such a big thing these days?? Its the most natural thing in the world to do. It doesnt have to be painless at all, but our 'experts' tell us to scream and shout and that it is the worst pain of all.. oh please.
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very nice video and situation, but a midwife should be around in case a complication arises (for example is not uncommon to see the umbilical cord around the baby´s neck)...
Actually, the cord around the neck (known as a nuchal cord BTW) is quite common and not a medical emergency on its own. It is estimated to occur in 30% of births.
It becomes an emergency when the cord is so short that the baby cannot descend properly or when it is wrapped 3+ times around the neck AND at the same time the infant is not born quickly and attempts to breathe.
exactly, that is why a midwife should be around. Having the cord around the neck o having it too short, and not knowing what to do can cause real trouble. That is why I call it a complication, not a medical emergency.
Yes...a midwife should not be around. In home births there are no complications at all. It is very easy to give birth. Piece of cake, as shown in this video.
I am not against home birth. I am concerned about the risks involved...oh oh...there are no risks...sorry.
When a mother is at peace with how her body works, surroundings and contractions its possible to have a pain free labor and a clam quiet baby! they both look very happy and peaceful!
I know this 1st hand!
YEAH for natural labor and delivery!
PS: Say no to the oxytocin (you get nasty cramps from that) simply breastfeed to slow & stop urine bleeding and for a the majority of women they don't have periods until they stop nursing :)!
It is outlawed because she has no mid wife or doctor present. she was doing it all by herself. What is babys head got stuck? or baby didnt start breathing? that would be their fault.
You forget that death in childbirth was down to lack of understanding of the psychology of birth (causing stress and the closing up of the cervix), as well giving birth in unhygienic conditions, infections, etc.
Read up on Ina May Gaskins' studies of traditional births in the case of native americans as one case study.
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"death in childbirth was down to lack of understanding of the psychology of birth"- I don't recall reading that in any of the WHO documentation on this issue. So are you saying a lack of 'birth psychology' understanding is behind the appalling rates of maternal and baby death in sub-saharan africa? midwife in the next room? That is nuts! Who is doing the diagnosing of problems? Dad?
I know 'stunt birthing' is trendy right now but some of this crap is downright irresponsible.
This woman got away with it, which is why its here on youtube. You think if it'd been stillborn or died of complications that the neat little doco would still be shown?
You sound to me like you have bought into this affluent first world cult that modern medicine is bad and 'natural' must mean good. This ideal of the perfect natural birth experience is very nice but when it puts babies at risk (as these 'free' stunt births do) it crosses a line. Its the baby that pays if it all goes wrong...
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No, I'm the type who think that educated adults putting a child at risk to live out a new-age fantasy when there is excellent world-leading healthcare help freely available (which billions of people around the world are deprived of) is selfish and immoral. And I think their co-religionists who peddle this dark-age rubbish about the evils of medical science are conceited idiots.
Try going to Congo and preaching to the destitute there about the wrongs of medical science, see how far you get.
You call it, 'new-age' then you call it 'dark-age'. You need to be more consistant when you shoot down people who have an opinion over their own bodies and the lives of their offspring. If someone doesn't want something due to their beliefs we allow it. Christianity and other religions. If those in Africa or Asia or South America lived here and wanted treatment you would be fine with it. If they didn't due to their culture you would still shoot them down. Please have some consistancy.
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'newage'/'darkage'- its just self-centred gobbledygook regardless of what its called- that consistent enough for you?
Damn right I'm against the infliction of risk or violence on innocents in the name of culture or belief: eg.female circumcision in Europe. Exposing a baby to a significant risk of death from an entirely avoidable cause for the sake of having a fashionable stunt birth to be boasted about at dinner parties is as selfish and sick. Shame on you for supporting such a thing.
If you'd researched it at all, you'd know these people welcome the medical interventions when necessary. Their main argument is that for 99% of women, no intervention is necessary.
Doctors are bad at watching. If labor goes longer than what a textbook says is average their impulse is to interfere, whether truely necessary or not.
With all our medical advancement, the US has the highest rate of c-cections--But ask the medical community what the most safe birth is and they'll admit its natural. Why is that? If in nature we're able to do it, but introducing doctors pushes numbers as high as 30%. .. well--something's wrong.
bbras- your points are parochial and ridiculous: your stats are only apply to the (healthcare basket-case) USA. There, doctors replace midwives at births (I'd suggest the problem there is actually private health- only in private hospitals in Aust & europe does the c-rate run that high).
In any case, this video advocates birth without medical assistance- the sort of thing that Africans have to suffer through poverty with a death rate through the roof. You think thats better? Bizarre.
HAHA! ech1da - I LIVE in Aus, and we have a 30% c/s rate in nearly ALL states! So PLEASE do your research BEFORE comparing third world countries (that have NO healthcare, inadequate food and hygene, genital mutilation, early arranged marriages (as in 10yrs old & up) and girls/womens bodies that are NOT as healthy, developed OR mature enough) to those women who live in FIRST world countries where we HAVE everything we could possibly need and at optimal health to HAVE natural Childbirth!
I actually SAID my stats apply to the US. HERE, in the US, we have seen c-section rates as high as 30% in some regions. With all our advancement, even in the "basket case" areas --WHY IS THAT?! Why is our infant mortality rate so HIGH , when compared to OTHER COUNTRIES? If doctors make births better and babies healthier, we should see the opposite.
I'm speaking less about THIS specific video,and more generally about women who choose to have natural and home births.
Lets get this straight- I support people who choose homebirth who are low-risk women, attended by medically-trained midwives, in the context of a health care infrastructure that accommodates home births. I never said otherwise.
This video and most of the people posting here do not advocate this though, instead they plug 'flying solo'- ie. for ideologies sake, turning your back on the very structures which can make homebirth safe- To risk a baby's life like that is sick. (cont)
(cont.) I am so tired of the inane 'unassisted homebirth good- all hospitals bad' garbage which passes as radical comment in the 'natural' birth movement. It demonises health workers- often people who do hard, complicated jobs which most of you hippy mummies wouldn't ever dream of dirtying your hands with.
I've heard of a couple homebirths were the baby didn't breath, and all of those time it turned out to be due to a health defect, nothing to do with giving birth.
I agree with you. I have a friend I made here on YouTube who's in her 35th week today and she's been practicing for hypnobirthing. She's had contractions and they were painful for her until she started with this hymo sessions. She said it wasn't painful after that. She's looking forward to having her baby now.
Wow, amazing..beautiful..and funny because I was just thinking (about my own baby's birth in 10 weeks time) that I'd just like to climb in the tub and not have anyone interfering or trying to tell me I needed my waters breaking or that I need monitors or IV or trying to cut the cord early, I thought why can't I just do it myself? No stress, nobdy undermining my decisions..this woman's proven it's possible!
flyabs 4 weeks ago
Miracle !
MrZORRROOO 3 months ago
This is the first birth I've ever witnessed (including my own two) that has ever moved me to tears - it was so peaceful and sacred. For those who think this woman was medicated, learn about the fear-pain cycle. Like she said, when you relax and let your body do what it was designed to do, don't try to fight it, and don't be afraid of it, you still feel discomfort, but it doesn't register in your brain the way pain usually does.
NicArgent9 4 months ago 3
hey nudity
nottinmatterz2day 4 months ago
水中分娩のほうが身体に負担がかからないようですね。やってみたいですね。
kiss899isis 4 months ago
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Anyone who believes in "painless birth" ~ can I sell you the Brooklyn Bridge? This woman obviously had some medication.
MrsMildredPierce 4 months ago
she is like an action super hero!!!!!!!!
wierfight06 6 months ago
that baby looked like it was born dead o.O
lalalajk17 7 months ago
I think as the birth canal oppens, the water sruonds the baby, and lossens, like lubrication
tecamachalco 8 months ago
Aww this vid is so sweet and heart warming! Especially the way you hold your baby against your chest....its so sweet! Reminds me of when I gave birth. Of course not in a tub though...Im not quite THAT tolerable! But again....great vid....
WhereAmI86 8 months ago
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so hot i just needed to cum on her then and there
TheVoyeur11 9 months ago
@TheVoyeur11 Sicko - get a life
aussiegaliam 7 months ago
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@aussiegaliam why if shes on her naked then she prepared to get masturbated at
TheVoyeur11 7 months ago
She is amazing. I would love to give such a calm birth like that!
sarahtepper5 9 months ago 6
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what a hot milf so sexy what a hot bod great breast n id mount her
TheVoyeur11 10 months ago
u made it look soo easy was it painful?
20century1 10 months ago
awesome!!! birth as they designed to beee
JupiterOnKauai 11 months ago
muito corajosa!
tayanejesus19 1 year ago
GIving birth like it's no big deal.... like it's a normal, healthy, and naturaly thing to do. Love this!
BirthTakesAVillage 1 year ago 12
@BirthTakesAVillage Because it is. Awesome isn't it? :)
RedRaven219 11 months ago
VERY NICE
henndri 1 year ago
Awesome!
SweetestJezebel 1 year ago
I'm amazed at those who attack women for trusting their natural abilities to give birth. People now run to the doctor and pencil in their baby's due date with chemically induced labors. They allow the "Dr." to slice them open from vagina to bung hole which causes serious problems for the women later, rather than patiently allowing her vagina to expand without mutilation. Some Docs deny women to squat, the most natural birthing position for easy delivery. What the hell is wrong with people? FEAR.
DiaShanti 1 year ago
@DiaShanti -Your planet sounds dreadful. Here on Earth however things are much better than you describe. You should try to visit us some day...
ech1dna 1 year ago
@ech1dna It is not a planet I am describing, it's called a hospital. The dictionary defines it as "hospital - an institution in which sick or injured persons are given Medical or surgical treatment." Just so you know, pregnancy isn't a sickness, nor is it an injury. Many normal and healthy earth mommas choose to only go to those for something called an EMERGENCY. The most positive birthing experiences I've heard were home deliveries. In fact, the only horror stories I've heard are hospital ones.
DiaShanti 1 year ago
@DiaShanti - If you read my posts you'd see that I have no issue with homebirth so long as there is effective professional backup- you are trying conflate safely conducted homebirths with these ridiculous stunt freebirthers who risk their babies lives for their wacko ideology.
"the only horror stories I've heard are hospital ones"- as you said yourself that because where people go when the shit hits the fan. Your anti-healthcare crusade is as dumb as it is dangerous.
ech1dna 1 year ago
@ech1dna That is presumptuous to assume why women choose freebirthing...I'm sure she understands HER CHOICE better than your guesswork. I'm not anti-healthcare, I'm just against unecessary c-sections, as ALREADY STATED. Pay attention. As for the two women I know personally, they nearly died due to c-sections because of the neglectful cut of the docor. The baby did not cause the hemoraging, the slicing and dicing did. It sounds like the best you've got are insults. Stick to the topic discussion.
DiaShanti 1 year ago 2
@DiaShanti Got any comments for me that AREN"T sexist, based on silly conspiracy theories or specific to only the USA (which is a global freak case when it comes to most forms of healthcare)?
I'm all ears...
ech1dna 1 year ago
@ech1dna They aren't conspiracy theories when they are coming DIRECTLY FROM THE WOMEN THEMSELF, REPORTING THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE. To call their truthful recount of their own negative hospital experience 'silly' is just odd. And the reason I speak from a USA standpoint is because I LIVE HERE and the stories I hear from women ARE FROM HERE, silly goose. But I do agree the USA is a global freak when it comes to "healthcare" and encouraging unecessary procedures.
DiaShanti 1 year ago 4
beautiful...
geobiologie 1 year ago
I love how they say 'she is attempting' to have a '......' birth, right as the head is coming out. Looks to me like she's doing all ready!!
telephonity 1 year ago 2
WOW...this is amazing...when i do this i will love to do it in water!!! but i am shy...so i will do it with a sports bra...congrats and God bless...=)
mykukies 1 year ago
@mykukies - You do know that you'll have to take your underpants off to give birth don't you?
ech1dna 1 year ago
Que hermoso , que linda es la vida, no hay nada mas lindo que la bendicion de un hijo,
skullone2008 1 year ago
Beautiful!!! Thank you so much for sharing your experience of that beautiful moment with us!!! It definitely makes me less worried of having a baby. Congratulations!!!!!
merlinaly 1 year ago
that was the tits
Teskefarms44 1 year ago
That baby is going to be a real mellow, pleasant individual :-)
xnografikz 1 year ago
having babies without a doctor present is illegal
ksmith438 1 year ago
@ksmith438 No it's not x
carrie84uk 1 year ago
@ksmith438 ...and irresponsible, and stupid.
ech1dna 1 year ago
she need to be given an award of something :) well done.
nancygirl83 1 year ago 3
ouuh x3
fiqqstYl0x3 1 year ago
how is she an outaw? did she do something? dumb i know, but im the queen of the obvious
brookielove44 1 year ago
@brookielove44 - why do you think that before medical science over 1 in 10 births ended in the death of either the baby, the woman or both? Birthing without medical back-up when its freely available (as is in the UK) is dumb and irresponsible- if her kid died because she wanted a hippy birth then it was 100% her fault as good as if she killed it herself.
ech1dna 1 year ago
@ech1dna Of women who currently die during labor more than 70% have had "medical-back up" called a cesarean. A baby is 3 times more likely to die from being born via c-section. Baby goes through some miraculous necessities for good health in vaginal delivery. C-sections are intended for EMERGENCIES ONLY but are now common practice because the "Dr." is impatient with allowing the woman a natural delivery. A midwife who delivered 300 babies said only 1 was a needed c-section.
DiaShanti 1 year ago
@ech1dna I used to wonder about this stat too, but later learned that many deaths due to labor were from peasant women being malnourished and over worked. Wealthy women wore corsets and you can imagine how squishing your organs later impacted delivery. There is more to this picture, so we must consider all of the circumstances instead of just giving credit to doctors for medical invention. Truth is only about 1 in 300 or so c-sections are necessary, but today about 1 in 4 women CHOOSE them.
DiaShanti 1 year ago
This women is my hero ;-) I'm going to be having a water birth in 2 months, i will try to relax during it. My other birth was extremely painful at the hospital.
halosilverland 1 year ago
How awesome was that, people??
How many of those kinds of births would be happening every single day if doctors stepped the fuck back.
KaelaCarver 1 year ago 13
Awsome mama!!! thanks for sharing!! great inspiration!!
JupiterOnKauai 1 year ago
woowow i want to try that bettter looks less pain ..:)
mssiris1192 1 year ago
she could have used pillz
Grovyle153 1 year ago
@Grovyle153 why?
carrie84uk 1 year ago
she made it look sooo easy! but its really painful prosses
Grovyle153 1 year ago
@Grovyle153 --- you know we all have unique experiences and pain is also a question of definition, we are made fir this.. we are not made for breaking a leg,,, that you implement that she might have taken pills showes how you dont know. please feel welcome to explore this topic more.
JupiterOnKauai 1 year ago
wow she was amazing.
LyeLye 1 year ago
this is by far my favorite unassisted birth video. thanks for posting.
muraroligia 1 year ago
i was scared because of all those screaming women, this video has made me a lot less worried about havin children
misssinger1990 1 year ago
@misssinger1990 Those screaming women were all unprepared mentally for the birth. That is why it is so important to know the birth process, and to let your body take control during labor. I see so many women fighting their contractions and getting tensed up and scared, and it just turns the whole thing into a big unpleasant ordeal. The key is to relax, focus, breathe, and let it happen...
heatherandjoey 1 year ago 5
what a lucku LUCKY WOMAN!!! WAOW
Lizblackrose 1 year ago
Wow! Incredible! What a fantastic way to birth. ^_^
LindyHoppingMidwife 1 year ago
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vintagedress09 1 year ago
Completely amazing! I'm in awe! The miracle of birth for real!
velvetglamour 1 year ago 2
wow! its amazing.....
cianang1 1 year ago
No screaming mother, no screaming baby. Your bodies are built for this ladies.
Shandrill 1 year ago
This is what I thought birth would be like before I had my first child. I was pressured into having my birth in way I didn't want, and was in absolute agony for the entire labor (even during the contractions of the first stage). I now believe that was because of the way the birth was handled and the stress I was under as a result. If my next pregancy is low-risk, I plan to have an unassisted birth. This video is encouraging--my thanks for sharing!
Rabenin 1 year ago 3
Being that fit must help with the ability to get the baby out without a lot of pain & complications.
rockstarofredondo 1 year ago
it looks doesn't pain
Athrun411 1 year ago
Fantastic!!!! Thank you for sharing these. As A Doula, and training to be a Midwife, I myself, when prepared to produce, want to do this. I am comfortable enough in my own skin, and accepting enough to the universe! DTVFAN: You answered your own question...in your questions...because my fellow Yanks are terrified of a natural vagina. Its too much woman for them. :)
groundedbirthdoulas 2 years ago 3
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ugh its discusting !
nazira84 2 years ago
Why was the vagina blurred when this was broadcast in the America on Discovery Health
dtvfan24 2 years ago 4
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I see a lot of people spouting opinions here without supporting evidence (writing 'fact' after a claim means bugger all).
How about the US evidence which shows homebirth has nearly triple the neonatal death rate of hospital birth for comparable risk women? Read about that?
Read about it on the 'science based medicine' blog- paste into google: "A critique of the leading study of American homebirth".
Most anti-medicine extremists will claim its all lies of course, but thats ideology for you...
ech1dna 2 years ago
@ech1dna Have you also read about how flawed that study was? It was a series of micro studies compiled together in a way that suited ACOG and the lancet. Do some research on it you will be shocked what you find.
carrie84uk 1 year ago
@carrie84uk "was a series of micro studies compiled together in a way that suited ACOG and the lancet."- Ho ho! In a way that suits a respected medical science journal? That is called 'peer-reviewed science'. That is how science progresses. Can you find any articles in journals of a similar science caliber criticising it? Remember- in science anything less than peer-reviewed journals is a weak source...
ech1dna 1 year ago
@ech1dna To me if the data isn't compiled in an appropriate way it doesn't matter who put their name to it, its a weak source. Thats just my personal view x
carrie84uk 1 year ago
@carrie84uk and who says the data was compiled wrongly? Recognised experts in the field, or someone just who doesn't like the study's findings?
ech1dna 1 year ago
@ech1dna You don't get much more recognised in the field than Midirs. Though they are not the only valid source to discredit the lancets study and the way it was compiled x
carrie84uk 1 year ago
Although having said that in the back of my mind there is the added security of knowing I am a 10 min drive away from the hospital if anything were to go wrong.
mrsbravis 2 years ago
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"there is the added security of knowing I am a 10 min drive away from the hospital if anything were to go wrong"- hang on! in your last post hospitals are the source of all evil.
And incidentally, who will be the judge of 'things going wrong' during your birth? Your husband? How many hours (minutes?) of medical training has he had?...
ech1dna 2 years ago
For low risk women having normal pregnancies, incidents of infant mortality and other birth complications are lower in home births. Fact. I fear interventions in hospital more than I fear my birth (due in February) so I will be having a home birth and if a midwife isn't available to attend me (as happens more and more as the NHS makes cut backs and uses community midwives to supplement their busy hospital teams) I will do without.
mrsbravis 2 years ago 35
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mrsbra- "I will do without"- then I would suggest you don't need a midwife, you need a psychologist.
Where exactly in the scientific literature is there a shred of evidence that unassisted homebirth is safer than a hospital birth in the UK? I'd like to read that...
ech1dna 2 years ago
@mrsbravis - you are comparing apples with oranges- the homebirth stats you use (which are contested anyway) do NOT apply to so called 'freebirth' situations like this so don't try to trick people into thinking they do.
'i fear hospital'- More fool you.
'if a midwife isn't available I will do without'- then you should face the legal consequences if your child is injured or killed in the process through avoidable complications...
ech1dna 1 year ago
@mrsbravis What if there are complications with the baby? You are not trained and don't have the available people nor equipment to deal with certain problems. And surely you can understand why your 'fact' is ridiculous and out of context?
lyricaltesting 4 months ago
Fantástico!!!
renata624 2 years ago 2
Midwives do an awesome job and to have them vilified because of hippy delusions about the evils of science and medicine really disgusts me. Sure, campaign for SAFE assisted homebirth, but don't claim any and all homebirths are safe because that is a dangerous irresponsible LIE.
ech1dna 2 years ago
well, if you read carefully, you'll see I never said anything of the sort. Maybe I didn't explain myself properly, but I'm sure I never said that homebirth in any condition is 100% safe! However, facts tell us that in low risk pregnancies, the kind of birth this video shows is pretty much the best possible. Complications, mortality, pain, trauma and morbility are much, much more frequent in hospital births in litotomic position with routine episiotomy, which is USA routine.
OstetrichinaSantAnna 2 years ago
I'm a midwifery student in Italy and all I can say is that this is EXACTLY what we're aiming at! No pain for the mother, no medication, no trauma for the baby and perfect health and CALM all round. Really fantastic. We know that a "perfect" birth doesn't exixst, but this one's really close! I think my tutors would cry for joy if they saw this, because this video is practically a summary of everything they've been saying for the past twenty years. Congratulations and good luck to the new family!
OstetrichinaSantAnna 2 years ago 4
If everyone went for this style of birth you and your tutors would be out of a job OstSantAnna- or did you miss the bit about no medical assistance (ie.midwife)?
The makers of baby-sized coffins however would do a roaring trade...
ech1dna 2 years ago
You did it so natural but what dose it feel like when the babys head comes out?
ur really brave your my hero <3 thank you
XxsnakebitesxXfreak 2 years ago
how do u remain so calm
Cutiebootie16 2 years ago
Beautiful birth! Read Hypnobirthing, Painless Childbirth and Ina May's book on natural childbirth. Part of what makes birthing painful is not trusting your body to do what it is created to do. I had my daughter drug free in a waterbirth 11 months ago - the more I relaxed during contractions the more manageable they were the more I tensed the worse the were. This woman has amazing control over her body and her response to the contractions.
treetababy 2 years ago 2
Ok but what about the Vagina .... i herd that sometimes doctors* are using stiches ... :S
Phenomenom666 2 years ago
No meds?! AMAZING!
limbdarkening 2 years ago
amazing.
stewniva 2 years ago
what's her secret? How'd she do it?
zhs2009 2 years ago
she is a BADASS. no screaming or anything.
justawhore67 2 years ago 39
@justawhore67 When fear is present it causes pain. That blood drains from organs and goes to limbs/mucles to prepare for the "flight" or "fight" response. An article said that women who are scared while in labor have totally white uterus because all the blood leaves, causing agonizing pain. That is what fear can do for ya. I know it sounds hard to believe, but some women say they had no severe pain, but only extreme pressure and many report orgasms! Not what a fear based society wants to hear!
DiaShanti 1 year ago
CUTE!
strawberryme08 2 years ago 3
how do you get a birth certificate if you free birth? anybody know?
Tigon89 2 years ago
requirements vary state to state on what is necessary for a birth certificate. call your local health department and they can tell you. most of the time they just want proof of residency and proof that you were actually pregnant (so you aren't stealing a baby or something)
RainbowKitty83 2 years ago
muito lindo
jau489 2 years ago
I think this wonderfull! I pray that when I have a baby it will be like that! Well done!
romanholiday 2 years ago 6
Seeing vids like this is a good start to helping you have a peaceful birth, because preparing your mind makes a big difference. I looked at your channel...are you a doctor or a nurse? Some resources I recommend on birth in addition to MIchel Odent, are Grantly Dick-Read, MD, Nancy Wainer Cohen (both Silent Knife and Open Season), Leboyer MD, Robert S. Mendelsohn, MD, Lewis Madrona-Mehl MD, and especially Robbie Davis-Floyd (anthropologist)& "Birth Without Doctors".
givebirthathome 2 years ago
makes it look easy
murfyherself 2 years ago
Does anyone know if this is her first birth???? If so that is quite impressive!
romanholiday 2 years ago
there was a part 1 and I think on part 1 it said that it was her first baby, but I'm not sure
pacergirl21 2 years ago
her second
LeleBlazie 2 years ago
WOW she made that look so easy! What a beautiful little baby. I hope my birth goes like that lol
x20lisa07x 2 years ago
I hope your birth goes well, too, so remember, it isn't just luck!
Being careful to live in a healthy way, and face your issues so that you are in emotional and spiritual harmony is how you create your own luck. Having solid relationships with your partner and parents helps alot and takes some work and attention that modern life often distracts us from.
Also, being alone and undisturbed as is difficult in a hospital, helps your body to function optimally (see Robert Bradley, Michel Odent, obs)
givebirthathome 2 years ago
Made everything seem calm and relaxing as opposed to other hospital births.
thegreatdanaj 2 years ago
This video is inspiring.Thanks for sharing.Blessings.
laversmusic 2 years ago
ech1dna is right, natural doesn't always mean good.
xmydickonacidx 2 years ago 2
oh wow, she's so strong!
fennnyyy 2 years ago
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Lavenderrose73 2 years ago
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Birthing unassisted when avoidable is the height of irresponsibility and stupidity. I know some hippies high on alternative medicine dogma who tried it here in Australia- woman nearly died of hemorrhage and the baby did actually die of something easily preventable. They were devastated. Please don't promote this stupid idea! Homebirth (and waterbirth) is great (if you are low risk) but please have a midwife there!!!
ech1dna 2 years ago
ech1dna....It is best for the midwife to be in the next room and not standing over the woman. This will just cause her to become a bit agitated and expectant, and that is enough for the cervix to close-up. You need to read up on what Ina May Gaskin states about "sphincter law" because that is how the cervix operates during labour.
Far better to be at home in a relaxed environment than in a stressful environment of a hospital or to have a midwife standing over her. Relaxation helps the cervix.
PersianPaladin 2 years ago 3
@ech1dna Hilarious...some guy acts like he is an expert over millions of women who have delivered their own babies....perhaps for millions of years. Oh golly gee, I wonder if it were not for modern medical intervention, a RECENT thing, if we'd not have gone extinct by now. You sound like a fear based person who doubts the amazing strength of child birth THE MOST NATURAL THING IN THE WORLD. These women are clearly far more brave and SURVIVE to tell the tale. Get off their backs. Go bird watching.
DiaShanti 1 year ago
99% of babies have their umbilical cord around their necks.. its natural.. why is it bad?? and if she is in a safe environment and she is a healthy girl why is it a risk?? Women have been having babies for thousands of years.. why is it such a big thing these days?? Its the most natural thing in the world to do. It doesnt have to be painless at all, but our 'experts' tell us to scream and shout and that it is the worst pain of all.. oh please.
Wendiful1 2 years ago 4
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she took a massive risk , very stupid
princesslara88 2 years ago
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..... the umbilicalcord was around its neck thats bad :/
shadowkat1011123 2 years ago
Love that video! Was it the mother's first birth? How big was the baby?
Zenbuoyant 2 years ago 2
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very nice video and situation, but a midwife should be around in case a complication arises (for example is not uncommon to see the umbilical cord around the baby´s neck)...
Nice video, anyway.
camomila1570 2 years ago
Actually, the cord around the neck (known as a nuchal cord BTW) is quite common and not a medical emergency on its own. It is estimated to occur in 30% of births.
It becomes an emergency when the cord is so short that the baby cannot descend properly or when it is wrapped 3+ times around the neck AND at the same time the infant is not born quickly and attempts to breathe.
hasikelee 2 years ago 10
exactly, that is why a midwife should be around. Having the cord around the neck o having it too short, and not knowing what to do can cause real trouble. That is why I call it a complication, not a medical emergency.
camomila1570 2 years ago
A short cord is detected very early and very easily via ultrasound.
AnneP33 2 years ago
Hi Anne, my baby's cord was too short at birth and it was not detected.
camomila1570 2 years ago 4
Yes...a midwife should not be around. In home births there are no complications at all. It is very easy to give birth. Piece of cake, as shown in this video.
I am not against home birth. I am concerned about the risks involved...oh oh...there are no risks...sorry.
camomila1570 2 years ago
Beautiful Real Woman!
When a mother is at peace with how her body works, surroundings and contractions its possible to have a pain free labor and a clam quiet baby! they both look very happy and peaceful!
I know this 1st hand!
YEAH for natural labor and delivery!
PS: Say no to the oxytocin (you get nasty cramps from that) simply breastfeed to slow & stop urine bleeding and for a the majority of women they don't have periods until they stop nursing :)!
mizzjanky 2 years ago 6
wow what a great labor
sofiesolis 2 years ago
it looked like the baby was smiling when he came out....:)
cutiepie911345 2 years ago
uh doesnt it hurt her? she doesnt seem to be in much pain...
SanadaYuniie 2 years ago
This made me cry for some reason... Life is beautiful.
conturpley 2 years ago 4
Im kinda curious
musicandlyons 2 years ago
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it is illegal in her state to have a water birth
liongirrl4eva 2 years ago
i could cry she is so happy
twistyandbendy 2 years ago 4
Oh so great.
She's so lovely with her cute baby
Beautiful vid!
sarah8ke 3 years ago 5
im a bit lost here...
why is this an outlawed birth?
o _ o;;
deadlyxcrime17 3 years ago
Yea i'm curious about that myself
Nettaiya87 3 years ago
yeah that should really be explained
voneyeva 3 years ago
It is outlawed because she has no mid wife or doctor present. she was doing it all by herself. What is babys head got stuck? or baby didnt start breathing? that would be their fault.
aacosta26 2 years ago
People did it for many many years without...its natural...and everything went well...
Nettaiya87 2 years ago 7
Nett-
Q-Do you know the death rate in childbirth back when 'it was natural'?
A-1 in 100, but sometimes 1 in 10 or higher.
Q-Know what it is now?
A- 2 in 100,000 (in sweden) 2 in 100 (in somalia)
Now, what was that about everything going well back when it was natural?
ech1dna 2 years ago
You forget that death in childbirth was down to lack of understanding of the psychology of birth (causing stress and the closing up of the cervix), as well giving birth in unhygienic conditions, infections, etc.
Read up on Ina May Gaskins' studies of traditional births in the case of native americans as one case study.
PersianPaladin 2 years ago 2
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"death in childbirth was down to lack of understanding of the psychology of birth"- I don't recall reading that in any of the WHO documentation on this issue. So are you saying a lack of 'birth psychology' understanding is behind the appalling rates of maternal and baby death in sub-saharan africa? midwife in the next room? That is nuts! Who is doing the diagnosing of problems? Dad?
I know 'stunt birthing' is trendy right now but some of this crap is downright irresponsible.
ech1dna 2 years ago
Read the rest of what I said; I didnt JUST say that.
Look at this video and the painless success of this woman, and then realise how silly and paranoid you sound.
PersianPaladin 2 years ago 7
This woman got away with it, which is why its here on youtube. You think if it'd been stillborn or died of complications that the neat little doco would still be shown?
You sound to me like you have bought into this affluent first world cult that modern medicine is bad and 'natural' must mean good. This ideal of the perfect natural birth experience is very nice but when it puts babies at risk (as these 'free' stunt births do) it crosses a line. Its the baby that pays if it all goes wrong...
ech1dna 2 years ago
You're the type that everytime you have a cough you grab a pill arn't you?
Nettaiya87 2 years ago
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No, I'm the type who think that educated adults putting a child at risk to live out a new-age fantasy when there is excellent world-leading healthcare help freely available (which billions of people around the world are deprived of) is selfish and immoral. And I think their co-religionists who peddle this dark-age rubbish about the evils of medical science are conceited idiots.
Try going to Congo and preaching to the destitute there about the wrongs of medical science, see how far you get.
ech1dna 2 years ago
You call it, 'new-age' then you call it 'dark-age'. You need to be more consistant when you shoot down people who have an opinion over their own bodies and the lives of their offspring. If someone doesn't want something due to their beliefs we allow it. Christianity and other religions. If those in Africa or Asia or South America lived here and wanted treatment you would be fine with it. If they didn't due to their culture you would still shoot them down. Please have some consistancy.
Nettaiya87 2 years ago
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'newage'/'darkage'- its just self-centred gobbledygook regardless of what its called- that consistent enough for you?
Damn right I'm against the infliction of risk or violence on innocents in the name of culture or belief: eg.female circumcision in Europe. Exposing a baby to a significant risk of death from an entirely avoidable cause for the sake of having a fashionable stunt birth to be boasted about at dinner parties is as selfish and sick. Shame on you for supporting such a thing.
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harpino2793 2 years ago
Oh yea, nature and earth, such avoidable things.
Nettaiya87 2 years ago
If you'd researched it at all, you'd know these people welcome the medical interventions when necessary. Their main argument is that for 99% of women, no intervention is necessary.
Doctors are bad at watching. If labor goes longer than what a textbook says is average their impulse is to interfere, whether truely necessary or not.
bbraswe2 2 years ago 10
With all our medical advancement, the US has the highest rate of c-cections--But ask the medical community what the most safe birth is and they'll admit its natural. Why is that? If in nature we're able to do it, but introducing doctors pushes numbers as high as 30%. .. well--something's wrong.
bbraswe2 2 years ago 6
bbras- your points are parochial and ridiculous: your stats are only apply to the (healthcare basket-case) USA. There, doctors replace midwives at births (I'd suggest the problem there is actually private health- only in private hospitals in Aust & europe does the c-rate run that high).
In any case, this video advocates birth without medical assistance- the sort of thing that Africans have to suffer through poverty with a death rate through the roof. You think thats better? Bizarre.
ech1dna 2 years ago
HAHA! ech1da - I LIVE in Aus, and we have a 30% c/s rate in nearly ALL states! So PLEASE do your research BEFORE comparing third world countries (that have NO healthcare, inadequate food and hygene, genital mutilation, early arranged marriages (as in 10yrs old & up) and girls/womens bodies that are NOT as healthy, developed OR mature enough) to those women who live in FIRST world countries where we HAVE everything we could possibly need and at optimal health to HAVE natural Childbirth!
freakypetOZ 2 years ago 4
I am from Aus and let me tell you - c sections happen in public hospitals too and many for bullshit reasons.
shrinkie76 2 years ago 2
I actually SAID my stats apply to the US. HERE, in the US, we have seen c-section rates as high as 30% in some regions. With all our advancement, even in the "basket case" areas --WHY IS THAT?! Why is our infant mortality rate so HIGH , when compared to OTHER COUNTRIES? If doctors make births better and babies healthier, we should see the opposite.
I'm speaking less about THIS specific video,and more generally about women who choose to have natural and home births.
bbraswe2 2 years ago 2
Lets get this straight- I support people who choose homebirth who are low-risk women, attended by medically-trained midwives, in the context of a health care infrastructure that accommodates home births. I never said otherwise.
This video and most of the people posting here do not advocate this though, instead they plug 'flying solo'- ie. for ideologies sake, turning your back on the very structures which can make homebirth safe- To risk a baby's life like that is sick. (cont)
ech1dna 2 years ago
(cont.) I am so tired of the inane 'unassisted homebirth good- all hospitals bad' garbage which passes as radical comment in the 'natural' birth movement. It demonises health workers- often people who do hard, complicated jobs which most of you hippy mummies wouldn't ever dream of dirtying your hands with.
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harpino2793 2 years ago
Yea it's called life. If we haven't been doing it for thousands of years our species would ciece to exist.
Nettaiya87 2 years ago 4
I've heard of a couple homebirths were the baby didn't breath, and all of those time it turned out to be due to a health defect, nothing to do with giving birth.
dogsarebetter 2 years ago 4
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I agree with you. I have a friend I made here on YouTube who's in her 35th week today and she's been practicing for hypnobirthing. She's had contractions and they were painful for her until she started with this hymo sessions. She said it wasn't painful after that. She's looking forward to having her baby now.
Lavenderrose73 2 years ago
Eu nunca ví um parto tão simples e lindo!!!!!!!!!
É maravilhoso como Deus faz tudo!!!!!!!
Lindo!!!!!!!!!
laninhapaes 3 years ago
Gud, vad häftigt. Men jag skulle aldrig våga föda utan någon utbildad personal närvarande....
ebba85 3 years ago
My friends had well done the same.But father was very nervous.
JhMi99 3 years ago
maybe i should have got my girlfriend to have our baby in the water like a little fishy blub blub
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