Just seems odd to me. I have an acquitance that is lining one up for when his child is born. They are doing the whole at home in the tub thing....imex99;1067089 wrote:Whats wrong with a mid wife?
Reps for truth.BAMABUCK;1067134 wrote:"Alabama moms for midwives" stickers all over the place down here in Bama. Why? Cause its not a legal birth here,Why again? Cause bath tubs are not for babies they are for methmakin',liquormakin' and partscleanin'!
Agree. We did as well.fan_from_texas;1067143 wrote:We considered using a midwife/doula but decided not to. I don't think it's all that weird.
Do they bounce like Stephon Marbury after the kids born or do they like hang around and you buy them gifts for Christmas etc..imex99;1067109 wrote:The tub thing is not for me but many hospitals are hiring mid wives to see low risk pregnancy patients and you really don't have a choice...
http://www.newarkadvocate.com/article/20120123/NEWS01/201230302/Licking-Memorial-midwives-keeping-busy
gorocks99;1067169 wrote:I THINK you have a lower chance of infections if you have the kid at home. Might be misremembering though.
Dirty knees??Steel Valley Football;1067177 wrote:We didn't call it that, but my wife's best friend was ours. Tho she was the head nurse in the delivery room at Riverside.
low risk = lower chance of infections. Has nothing to do with having your kid at home or in a hospital. Since birth centers and mid wives don't use drugs they only accept low risk patients. Again, if there are any complications they are taken to the hospital ER.gorocks99;1067169 wrote:I THINK you have a lower chance of infections if you have the kid at home. Might be misremembering though.
That's partially true, but it's tough to quantify. Most people using birthing centers, doulas, or midwives are people who are pretty serious about going the natural birth route. They tend to take more birthing classes, be in better shape, monitor signs better, etc.--all things that lead to fewer complications regardless. Basically, they're yuppies/urban hippies who are overwhelmingly young, white, well-educated, and affluent. So you're right that there's a selection bias when looking at ranges of outcomes comparing the two, and that makes it tough for a head-to-head comparison.Raw Dawgin' it;1067538 wrote:low risk = lower chance of infections. Has nothing to do with having your kid at home or in a hospital. Since birth centers and mid wives don't use drugs they only accept low risk patients. Again, if there are any complications they are taken to the hospital ER.
All of which means....Lower risk, so you agreed with me, you just wrote it out in two paragraphs.fan_from_texas;1067585 wrote:That's partially true, but it's tough to quantify. Most people using birthing centers, doulas, or midwives are people who are pretty serious about going the natural birth route. They tend to take more birthing classes, be in better shape, monitor signs better, etc.--all things that lead to fewer complications regardless. Basically, they're yuppies/urban hippies who are overwhelmingly young, white, well-educated, and affluent. So you're right that there's a selection bias when looking at ranges of outcomes comparing the two, and that makes it tough for a head-to-head comparison.
Still, c-section rates are dramatically lower in non-hospital or midwife-assisted births, and c-sections are a pretty big factor when it comes to infection risk. By choosing to avoid a c-section (or by taking steps to lower the risk), you can thus lower the risk of infection. If the baby is breach, of course, it doesn't matter, as a c-section is going to be done anyway.
Devils Advocate;1067518 wrote:Dirty knees??
