Awesome! For the commentators: Midwives and doctors are not a superior class of person; they just have an education (education that any woman is capable of getting if she researches thoroughly). In my experience most home birth moms are more educated about natural birth than most hospital staff...
@themexicandulce IMO, birth in general is "gross" no matter what- there will always be blood and other body fluids invovled. It's messy. OBGYN's, midwives and labor nurses are completely used to it, as are most women who have had a few babies already, but for those who haven't gotten over the ...
@nenelikefunnyvideo Infections happen rarely in water births because water dilutes bacteria. Also, water helps mom stretch so she is less likely to tear, so no broken skin for bacteria to get into. At home you find bacteria that your body has built immunities to; these immunities are passed to ...
@meliante2 Our son was born in March (Jacob's Home Water-birth). I told my girls that sometimes mommies roar like lions to get their babies out. I explained that pushing a baby is hard work (any 3yo who has been constipated can understand) but Mommy will be very happy when the baby comes out. ...
Awesome! For the commentators: Midwives and doctors are not a superior class of person; they just have an education (education that any woman is capable of getting if she researches thoroughly). In my experience most home birth moms are more educated about natural birth than most hospital staff...