Mom Giving Birth Doesn’t Realize Her Corgi Never Leaves Her Side, Then Photographer Shows Her These Pics
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Since I’m specializing in birth photography, each chance I get to document a home birth is thrilling, but this family holds a special place in my heart. I’ve had the honor of capturing Brooke, giving birth to her three children. In each case, she had an extraordinary family member there to help her through the experience.
I remember with the first, the birth of her son Boyd, she had a cute corgi by the name of Ryder. Ryder was so loving and caring. He would come and check on his mom and make sure everything was okay. From letting her hug him through the contraction to watching her as she walked through the pain outside. The loving family pet gave her the space she needed but the love she wanted. Ryder did not get to see the birth of Berkeley, but his brother Ranger was there to step in.
From the moment I walked in the door, Ranger was so excited. You could tell he knew something was happening. He quickly came in to greet me, then headed right back to the bedroom to be with Brooke as she labored. He was curious as to what was going on. He laid under the bed, watching her rock back and forth. He was a calming presence when the power and intensity of her contractions started. Every once in awhile, he would jump on the bed to give her a reassuring kiss to let her know she could do this. It was a beautiful thing to watch and a great moment for family photography – the bond between mom and baby and man’s best friend. This made me take notice. It’s not something you see every day. Every moment I saw him interacting with Brooke, I tried to take as many pictures as possible. I knew this was special.
When we moved to the birthing tub, Brooke progressed so fast. There were moments of laughter and moments of pain, watching her overcome each contraction. Ranger sat on the couch, watching her, making sure everything was okay. While Brooke held her husband Steve and her amazing doula Jenny helped her ride through each contraction, Ranger would come and give her another reassuring kiss then back to the couch he went. He knew she was in good hands, so he waited patiently for the new baby to arrive. This birth was not like Brooke’s last birth. This one seemed more intense and harder to overcome, but she did it with the help of her amazing birth team and her little doggie doula, Ranger.
Once sweet Berkeley was here everyone was thrilled. IT WAS A GIRL! No one could believe it. Through all the commotion, little Ranger jumped up and ran right over to meet his new (and only) little sister. He loved her. He watched every moment from her getting weighed to her first outfit changed. He was so proud to see her and the work Brooke did.
When I got home to look through all the birth photos I was in heaven looking at all the beautiful moments from this labor. I wanted to laugh and cry while looking through them. They were perfect. When I sent the preview to Brooke, she had no idea he never left her side. It was so nice that I could capture that for her and she now can look back and see things she otherwise might not have noticed.
When I posted her birth pictures on Facebook, I was overjoyed by the reaction it got. There were no reports of nudity/sexual content, no disapproving comments, and no one leaving my page. Birth is raw, and it is something people aren’t used to seeing. It is something that does not need to be hidden, though. With Ranger’s story, I have had only positive feedback. People were seeing the beauty of birth and accepting it as nothing but heartwarming. I am so thankful I could share the beauty of life and the strength of this strong women through the eyes of Ranger.
The most beautiful part of this story is that his mom, Brooke, is a doula herself. She navigates and comforts so many beautiful moms like herself through the hardest journey of their lives. I am so glad she was given not one but two sweet corgis to help guide her through her journey. I can’t wait to see Ranger and Berkeley’s new relationship grow. I hope he helps and guides her through her new adventurous life just like he did with her mom.
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Ryder would come and check on his mom and make sure everything was okay. From letting her hug him through the contraction…
…to watching her as she walked through the pain outside
Ryder did not get to see the birth of Berkeley but his brother Ranger was there to step in
Ranger was so excited. You could tell he knew something was happening. He would jump on the bed to give her a reassuring kiss to let her know she could do this
It was a beautiful thing to watch – the bond between mom and baby and man’s best friend
This made me take notice. It’s not something you see every day. He was a calming presence when the power and intensity of her contractions started
When we moved to the birthing tub, Brooke progressed so fast
While Brooke’s husband and her doula Jenny helped her ride through each contraction, Ranger would come and give her another reassuring kiss
He knew she was in good hands so he waited patiently for the new baby to arrive
This birth was not like Brooke’s last birth. This one seemed more intense and harder to overcome
Once sweet Berkeley was here everyone was overjoyed. IT WAS A GIRL!
Through all the commotion, little Ranger jumped up and ran right over to meet his new (and only) little sister
He loved her
He watched every moment from her getting weighed to her first outfit changed
He was so proud to see her and the work Brooke did
When I got home to look through all the photos I was in heaven looking at all the beautiful moments from this birth
I wanted to laugh and cry while looking through them. They were perfect
When I sent the preview to Brooke, she had no idea he never left her side
It was so nice that I could capture that for her and she now can look back and see things she otherwise might not have noticed
The most beautiful part of this story is that his mom, Brooke, is a doula herself. She navigates and comforts so many beautiful moms like herself through the hardest journey of their lives
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The second last picture is incredible.
Its mine too.
definitely my favorite!
Doggo looks so happy calm and relieved in it! You can see pride in his eyes and joy, it's just awesome. My fiancee always stubbornly (and jokingly) says that animals don;t have facial expressions, this one proves his soo wrong!
YES!! I love how proud he looks, like.. "My hooman made this."
Absolutely beautiful. (I'm not crying. YOU'RE crying!)
It's perfect.
yeah that gives goosebumps
How closely knit we creatures of earth really are and what a finely woven fabric we could make if we began to see the powerful sameness of existence in all living things - and how endlessly, unfathomably deep we’re bound together by love. Life is love and living, truly, is loving. And love is love is love. Ranger knows this. So does Brooke. This has made me so happy!
Exquisitely stated.
Sissi Redegold -
Uh...am I out of sync with times? Is it normal to have birth at home these days? What if something were to go wrong that the instruments for wouldn't be available at home?._. That just seems so insanely dangerous, cute dogs don't help with getting c-section right and stuff. Or am I just missing something?
Like you, I am a little torn on this topic. On the one hand, pregnancy and childbirth are natural, normal events that have been going on for thousands of years with only midwives to lend a helping hand. At the same time, pregnancy and childbirth are the most dangerous thing a woman can do to her body. Even today, the US maternal mortality and morbidity rates, less than 30 out of 100,000, are double that of Iran, Libya and Turkey. WHO reports that half of those deaths are preventable, and cite inconsistent standards in hospitals to handle obstetric emergencies. While the author has said the mother had been deemed low risk and lived a block from the hospital, anything that went wrong would have been traumatic for all involved, especially for the child who was witnessing the birth. Glad for this family that all went well.
the only time an older child should be present at a birth is when mum goes into premature labour alone at home and there is only the kid to help out
Horrible statistics, partly due to the fact that women in lower income levels do not seek or in many cases receive adequate medical care during pregnancy and delivery. Note that doulas do not deliver preterm babies or babies whose mother's are medically compromised or fragile.
I was a home birth ... in 1969! I had to be taken to hospital as I had an obstruction in my gut, which no-one could have predicted. Hospitals are the best place for having babies.
Actually, you can just as easily get complications during the hospital from post c-sections like idk hemorrhage and blood clots that lead to strokes (c-section increases rates for both, both of these are the leading causes of maternal death). We have a high maternal mortality rates because most women die at the hospitals from c-section related complications. When you have a home birth you are carefully screened as a low-risk pregnancies, which means 1. you have no high blood pressure or diabetes and are healthy 2. baby and placenta is in the right position not breeched 3. pre-natal care also shows that baby is developing healthy 4. pregnancy is near term 37-42 weeks 5.single baby (no twins or triplets). Guess what 83% of pregnant women in the US are in this category, and can deliver a baby vaginally with the proper support and trained professionals. US has the worst maternal mortality of any developed nation, and the highest c-section rate of 32%
Its not a thing its been done since before hospitals where a thing. She actually lives a block away from our hospital and the birthing center is right next to it. Ive never had a home birth turn into something dangerous only hospital ones that have ended up scaring me.i get where your coming from but Each mother should choose the birthing plan they want and no one should judge. The dog didn't really deliver the baby trained midwifes did.
Is it wrong that I kind of want a doggo to delivery a baby now? I mean just picturing a dog in scrubs helping a mom through Lamaze has me cracking up!
why do you call it judging? can't people give their opinion in a polite way? you never know how your pregnancy will turn out, mine was perfect and yet ended with c-section, I'm glad I was at the hospital. and also it was great experience so I think it's not fair to say all of your hospital births were awful because it makes people think hospitals are bad...
Well, the barber used to yank your sore tooth out for ya, but you don't see people doing that any more, do ya? This is dangerous and largely a selfish decision.
The reason mother/infant mortality has been reduced over the centuries has a lot more to do with medical EDUCATION than the existence of hospitals and clinics. That's why in most western countries, you are required to have a nurse-midwife present at your planned home birth. In the US, however, many states say you can have a "certified professional midwife" - this is someone who is not even required to have more than a high school diploma. In states where CPM attendance is not legal, many just practice outside the law. And yes, the rate of infant mortality is higher in the US than in other western countries. In Canada for example, where nurse-midwives are required, there is no difference in the rate of infant mortality in hospital birth versus planned home birth.
Home births are massively popular? I don't know which country you're from, but the UK I know lots of woman who've had them. They have to have had a complication free pregnancy and be deemed low risk for the birth, but so long as they meet the criteria they're good to go. Many find them more relaxing which turn makes the chances of things going wrong less likely.
No, you're not out of sync. Not only that, it's not normal for mentally balanced people to document their lives for the consumption of strangers.
Magdalina - I watched my best friend's baby die during a home birth, in the care of two highly experienced midwives and two birthing assistants. These pictures are very, very upsetting to me. Just two months later, my cousin almost lost her daughter when she opted for a midwife-assisted birth in a birthing center connected to a hospital. She was rushed next door and MDs saved her life. I have since learned that many babies and moms in the U.S. die or suffer injuries from home birth, although the U.S. midwife industry has produced scores of propaganda that states otherwise. Birthing is very complicated. If the baby or mom need medical care--as they often do--a midwife cannot perform what an MD can do. The mother wants to bond with her baby in the moment of birth, but she has her whole life to bond with it, something she can't do if her baby dies at home, as my friend's child did. I went from being a believer to the opposite. I cannot stress enough: Home birth is not worth it!!
My mum had 9 miscarrages and stillbirths before I came along (in hospital) - and several more before my younger brother 7 years later - I would not have wanted to have been there for any of them
Alib, your such a troll Actually, you can just as easily get complications during the hospital from post c-sections like idk hemorrhage and blood clots that lead to strokes (c-section increases rates for both, both of these are the leading causes of maternal death). We have a high maternal mortality rates because most women die at the hospitals from c-section related complications. When you have a home birth you are carefully screened as a low-risk pregnancies, which means 1. you have no high blood pressure or diabetes and are healthy 2. baby and placenta is in the right position not breeched 3. pre-natal care also shows that baby is developing healthy 4. pregnancy is near term 37-42 weeks 5.single baby (no twins or triplets). Guess what 83% of pregnant women in the US are in this category, and can deliver a baby vaginally with the proper support and trained professionals. US has the worst maternal mortality of any developed nation, and the highest c-section rate of 32%
apart from my own - obviously
Anyone who plans on a home birth always has a back-up hospital plan if there is complications. Midwives and Doula's are trained and then know if there is something going on that they can't handle.
Giving birth isn't an illness.
It's not "insanely dangerous", if both mother and child are healthy and pregnancy is normal. Many studies even say it's better for women: labour is something you should do while being related and not full od stress and when you are in hospital it's itself very stressful. It's bad for labour. I wouldn't myself decide for home birth (to scared something could go wrong, event if it's very small chance) I would like my labour to be at home-like condition: with midwife I trust, without unnecessary medical things done to me (in hospital they usually do mamy things like that), related and no stressful. And without doctors telling me when to push or to lie down when I want to walk.
so... you never had a baby and yet you know which way is better? :D I gave birth in a hospital and it was amazing, everyone was so nice and helped me a lot. and also my pregnancy was perfect and healthy and ended up with a c-section anyway, so...
because reading about something in a paper and actually living it are two different things, you can't say what is better for someone, because, as you said, women are different. also I never said that everyone has a great experience in a hospital, so I have no idea what you're getting at, just saying that hospital is not a stress for everyone as you are trying to prove.
@manowce - what part of "many studies even say.." you don't understad? Obviously each woman has her on opinion but just because your labour was perfect (congratulation on that), it does not mean all studies and researches on the subject are now invalid. Manowce had great labour at hospital so all women have to have great labour on hospital and its always better for them. No, that's not how science (statistic in this case) works. Personal experience does not beat studies and researches.
Bause having a photographer and sharing pics with the whole world is more important
Exactly! What has the world come to?
No one is allowed to judge the mother’s birth plan, and also, she has medically trained doctors prepared for the worst by her side.
My sister-in-law (a nurse) told me to check out having the birth at home. It was tempting, but I was 40 with my first pregnancy and 43 (and with gestational diabetes) with my second. I preferred to be at the hospital just in case. But that's not the only way to have a baby. People have options, and once their condition is evaluated they should choose which would be the best for them.
Thousands of babies are delivered at home in the United States. These are low-risk pregnancies, and their doctor is on board in having approved it. Doulas are highly trained midwives who know what to do in the event of a breach birth or if a cord is wrapped around the baby's neck. Given the problems with infections in hospitals, meaning the deadly MRSA and strep, parents have more faith and feel home birth is safer.
If I were to choose where to give birth, I'd definately go for a home one. I'd rather my closest family (partner, mom, cats) to be around, than an army of unfamiliar people to whom I'd be just another in line. Then again, I know if I will have a child one day, I will have to go to the hospital for delivery and as much as I know they have professional equipment and trained staff, it scares the hell out of me. Especially when I read all the "Hospital treated me awfully" child birth stories.
Also, the doulas and midwives will not take on any cases if the mom and baby aren't healthy. If something does go wrong, then u call the ambulance. These doulas and midwives are pretty well educated if something does go wrong. If ur needing a c-section, I wouldn't have a home birth or one of them. They wouldn't take the patient. But to answer ur question, if it all goes well, its pretty safe. I've personally know friends and family that have has births are home and they love it! So many different reasons why they had decided on home births.
Not true. I went through the entire midwife and doula training with my best friend and the midwife (who happened to be the president of my liberal state's midwifery association) never asked for the medical records of my friend and repeatedly told her to avoid hospitals leading up to her birth. My friend's baby died shortly after delivery. It was the most horrifying, tragic thing I've experienced. I have since learned (through the lawyer who defended my friend) that many babies die or are injured in home birth. This lawyer is the leading defender of mothers who lose their babies to midwives in my state. The cop I spoke to afterward (the home became a crime scene) said: "I hate midwives because I'm sick of cleaning up their dead babies." I cannot stress enough: Home births are not worth it!
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what do you think people did before there were hospitals, its completely normal and safe.
um, died during labour? maybe check some facts first?
It's not completely safe in all cases. Never heard of death in labour (or few days later)? Or children who died or were severly damaged durring labour? In most cases home labour is safe, but not o In all.
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You really should have considered being a little more information before you posted this comment.
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Home birthstone are actually have been popular since the beginning of time especially when there were no hospitals or any near by.
The second last picture is incredible.
Its mine too.
definitely my favorite!
Doggo looks so happy calm and relieved in it! You can see pride in his eyes and joy, it's just awesome. My fiancee always stubbornly (and jokingly) says that animals don;t have facial expressions, this one proves his soo wrong!
YES!! I love how proud he looks, like.. "My hooman made this."
Absolutely beautiful. (I'm not crying. YOU'RE crying!)
It's perfect.
yeah that gives goosebumps
How closely knit we creatures of earth really are and what a finely woven fabric we could make if we began to see the powerful sameness of existence in all living things - and how endlessly, unfathomably deep we’re bound together by love. Life is love and living, truly, is loving. And love is love is love. Ranger knows this. So does Brooke. This has made me so happy!
Exquisitely stated.
Sissi Redegold -
Uh...am I out of sync with times? Is it normal to have birth at home these days? What if something were to go wrong that the instruments for wouldn't be available at home?._. That just seems so insanely dangerous, cute dogs don't help with getting c-section right and stuff. Or am I just missing something?
Like you, I am a little torn on this topic. On the one hand, pregnancy and childbirth are natural, normal events that have been going on for thousands of years with only midwives to lend a helping hand. At the same time, pregnancy and childbirth are the most dangerous thing a woman can do to her body. Even today, the US maternal mortality and morbidity rates, less than 30 out of 100,000, are double that of Iran, Libya and Turkey. WHO reports that half of those deaths are preventable, and cite inconsistent standards in hospitals to handle obstetric emergencies. While the author has said the mother had been deemed low risk and lived a block from the hospital, anything that went wrong would have been traumatic for all involved, especially for the child who was witnessing the birth. Glad for this family that all went well.
the only time an older child should be present at a birth is when mum goes into premature labour alone at home and there is only the kid to help out
Horrible statistics, partly due to the fact that women in lower income levels do not seek or in many cases receive adequate medical care during pregnancy and delivery. Note that doulas do not deliver preterm babies or babies whose mother's are medically compromised or fragile.
I was a home birth ... in 1969! I had to be taken to hospital as I had an obstruction in my gut, which no-one could have predicted. Hospitals are the best place for having babies.
Actually, you can just as easily get complications during the hospital from post c-sections like idk hemorrhage and blood clots that lead to strokes (c-section increases rates for both, both of these are the leading causes of maternal death). We have a high maternal mortality rates because most women die at the hospitals from c-section related complications. When you have a home birth you are carefully screened as a low-risk pregnancies, which means 1. you have no high blood pressure or diabetes and are healthy 2. baby and placenta is in the right position not breeched 3. pre-natal care also shows that baby is developing healthy 4. pregnancy is near term 37-42 weeks 5.single baby (no twins or triplets). Guess what 83% of pregnant women in the US are in this category, and can deliver a baby vaginally with the proper support and trained professionals. US has the worst maternal mortality of any developed nation, and the highest c-section rate of 32%
Its not a thing its been done since before hospitals where a thing. She actually lives a block away from our hospital and the birthing center is right next to it. Ive never had a home birth turn into something dangerous only hospital ones that have ended up scaring me.i get where your coming from but Each mother should choose the birthing plan they want and no one should judge. The dog didn't really deliver the baby trained midwifes did.
Is it wrong that I kind of want a doggo to delivery a baby now? I mean just picturing a dog in scrubs helping a mom through Lamaze has me cracking up!
why do you call it judging? can't people give their opinion in a polite way? you never know how your pregnancy will turn out, mine was perfect and yet ended with c-section, I'm glad I was at the hospital. and also it was great experience so I think it's not fair to say all of your hospital births were awful because it makes people think hospitals are bad...
Well, the barber used to yank your sore tooth out for ya, but you don't see people doing that any more, do ya? This is dangerous and largely a selfish decision.
The reason mother/infant mortality has been reduced over the centuries has a lot more to do with medical EDUCATION than the existence of hospitals and clinics. That's why in most western countries, you are required to have a nurse-midwife present at your planned home birth. In the US, however, many states say you can have a "certified professional midwife" - this is someone who is not even required to have more than a high school diploma. In states where CPM attendance is not legal, many just practice outside the law. And yes, the rate of infant mortality is higher in the US than in other western countries. In Canada for example, where nurse-midwives are required, there is no difference in the rate of infant mortality in hospital birth versus planned home birth.
Home births are massively popular? I don't know which country you're from, but the UK I know lots of woman who've had them. They have to have had a complication free pregnancy and be deemed low risk for the birth, but so long as they meet the criteria they're good to go. Many find them more relaxing which turn makes the chances of things going wrong less likely.
No, you're not out of sync. Not only that, it's not normal for mentally balanced people to document their lives for the consumption of strangers.
Magdalina - I watched my best friend's baby die during a home birth, in the care of two highly experienced midwives and two birthing assistants. These pictures are very, very upsetting to me. Just two months later, my cousin almost lost her daughter when she opted for a midwife-assisted birth in a birthing center connected to a hospital. She was rushed next door and MDs saved her life. I have since learned that many babies and moms in the U.S. die or suffer injuries from home birth, although the U.S. midwife industry has produced scores of propaganda that states otherwise. Birthing is very complicated. If the baby or mom need medical care--as they often do--a midwife cannot perform what an MD can do. The mother wants to bond with her baby in the moment of birth, but she has her whole life to bond with it, something she can't do if her baby dies at home, as my friend's child did. I went from being a believer to the opposite. I cannot stress enough: Home birth is not worth it!!
My mum had 9 miscarrages and stillbirths before I came along (in hospital) - and several more before my younger brother 7 years later - I would not have wanted to have been there for any of them
Alib, your such a troll Actually, you can just as easily get complications during the hospital from post c-sections like idk hemorrhage and blood clots that lead to strokes (c-section increases rates for both, both of these are the leading causes of maternal death). We have a high maternal mortality rates because most women die at the hospitals from c-section related complications. When you have a home birth you are carefully screened as a low-risk pregnancies, which means 1. you have no high blood pressure or diabetes and are healthy 2. baby and placenta is in the right position not breeched 3. pre-natal care also shows that baby is developing healthy 4. pregnancy is near term 37-42 weeks 5.single baby (no twins or triplets). Guess what 83% of pregnant women in the US are in this category, and can deliver a baby vaginally with the proper support and trained professionals. US has the worst maternal mortality of any developed nation, and the highest c-section rate of 32%
apart from my own - obviously
Anyone who plans on a home birth always has a back-up hospital plan if there is complications. Midwives and Doula's are trained and then know if there is something going on that they can't handle.
Giving birth isn't an illness.
It's not "insanely dangerous", if both mother and child are healthy and pregnancy is normal. Many studies even say it's better for women: labour is something you should do while being related and not full od stress and when you are in hospital it's itself very stressful. It's bad for labour. I wouldn't myself decide for home birth (to scared something could go wrong, event if it's very small chance) I would like my labour to be at home-like condition: with midwife I trust, without unnecessary medical things done to me (in hospital they usually do mamy things like that), related and no stressful. And without doctors telling me when to push or to lie down when I want to walk.
so... you never had a baby and yet you know which way is better? :D I gave birth in a hospital and it was amazing, everyone was so nice and helped me a lot. and also my pregnancy was perfect and healthy and ended up with a c-section anyway, so...
because reading about something in a paper and actually living it are two different things, you can't say what is better for someone, because, as you said, women are different. also I never said that everyone has a great experience in a hospital, so I have no idea what you're getting at, just saying that hospital is not a stress for everyone as you are trying to prove.
@manowce - what part of "many studies even say.." you don't understad? Obviously each woman has her on opinion but just because your labour was perfect (congratulation on that), it does not mean all studies and researches on the subject are now invalid. Manowce had great labour at hospital so all women have to have great labour on hospital and its always better for them. No, that's not how science (statistic in this case) works. Personal experience does not beat studies and researches.
Bause having a photographer and sharing pics with the whole world is more important
Exactly! What has the world come to?
No one is allowed to judge the mother’s birth plan, and also, she has medically trained doctors prepared for the worst by her side.
My sister-in-law (a nurse) told me to check out having the birth at home. It was tempting, but I was 40 with my first pregnancy and 43 (and with gestational diabetes) with my second. I preferred to be at the hospital just in case. But that's not the only way to have a baby. People have options, and once their condition is evaluated they should choose which would be the best for them.
Thousands of babies are delivered at home in the United States. These are low-risk pregnancies, and their doctor is on board in having approved it. Doulas are highly trained midwives who know what to do in the event of a breach birth or if a cord is wrapped around the baby's neck. Given the problems with infections in hospitals, meaning the deadly MRSA and strep, parents have more faith and feel home birth is safer.
If I were to choose where to give birth, I'd definately go for a home one. I'd rather my closest family (partner, mom, cats) to be around, than an army of unfamiliar people to whom I'd be just another in line. Then again, I know if I will have a child one day, I will have to go to the hospital for delivery and as much as I know they have professional equipment and trained staff, it scares the hell out of me. Especially when I read all the "Hospital treated me awfully" child birth stories.
Also, the doulas and midwives will not take on any cases if the mom and baby aren't healthy. If something does go wrong, then u call the ambulance. These doulas and midwives are pretty well educated if something does go wrong. If ur needing a c-section, I wouldn't have a home birth or one of them. They wouldn't take the patient. But to answer ur question, if it all goes well, its pretty safe. I've personally know friends and family that have has births are home and they love it! So many different reasons why they had decided on home births.
Not true. I went through the entire midwife and doula training with my best friend and the midwife (who happened to be the president of my liberal state's midwifery association) never asked for the medical records of my friend and repeatedly told her to avoid hospitals leading up to her birth. My friend's baby died shortly after delivery. It was the most horrifying, tragic thing I've experienced. I have since learned (through the lawyer who defended my friend) that many babies die or are injured in home birth. This lawyer is the leading defender of mothers who lose their babies to midwives in my state. The cop I spoke to afterward (the home became a crime scene) said: "I hate midwives because I'm sick of cleaning up their dead babies." I cannot stress enough: Home births are not worth it!
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what do you think people did before there were hospitals, its completely normal and safe.
um, died during labour? maybe check some facts first?
It's not completely safe in all cases. Never heard of death in labour (or few days later)? Or children who died or were severly damaged durring labour? In most cases home labour is safe, but not o In all.
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You really should have considered being a little more information before you posted this comment.
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Home birthstone are actually have been popular since the beginning of time especially when there were no hospitals or any near by.