Reclaiming birth - a brief history of childbirth options

[aowynne]

"Once upon a time women primarily gave birth in their homes with nurse midwives..."

Nurse midwives didn't exist until the 1920s. In the whole rest of the history of humanity prior to that, women primarily gave birth in their homes with midwives, as is still the case today. Most nurse midwives work in hospitals or birth centers.

[fantastikateful]

@aowynne I think that the person who made this video was referring to the fact that midwives often took on 'nurse' duties in their communities as well. a misuse of the term for sure but It's not an inaccurate description.

[rtirakayos]

having oxygen is worthless if the baby isn't breathing....

[voxmel]

After reading the book "Immaculate Deception" by Suzanne Arms when I was 10 eyars old, I knew that I never wanted to have a baby in a hospital. I'm so thankful that my mother had me at home in 1966.