6 Things to Know About Home Birth
4. Healthy women with low risk pregnancies make good candidates for home birth
If you are healthy and have not had complications during the pregnancy, you can go ahead with home birth without worrying too much about it.
5. Midwives are trained to care in case of emergency situations
Midwives have to go through a yearly and biannual re certification courses in emergency procedures and baby resuscitation.
6. You get to hold the baby almost immediately
The baby is placed on your chest after the placenta is cut off. Once the cleaning is done, you are ready to breastfeed your kid and start bonding.
Home birth is easy when you have done it before, know what to expect and have everything ready and planned for. Home birth is great as you can give birth surrounded by people you love and trust instead of being in a hospital surrounded by strangers. Also there is no place that is more comfortable to bring in a baby. But make sure you don’t get into it for emotional reasons alone as you too would have to be pretty healthy and strong.
