... So I prayed about it--I told God that I liked the midwife and was feeling drawn to homebirth, but that I needed His go-ahead that this was an appropriate and safe choice for this birth. After all, the vast majority ... themselves) saw the term "midwife" and assumed I was planning a homebirth, but I don't think anyone else did. ☺ At my 3-day postpartum home visit, Midwife A asked Hubby ...

The National Homebirth Conference Oct 9, 10 & 11 in Christchurch this year was a joyful and affirming coming together of all parts of what homebirth means in Aotearoa. Held at the beautiful Wairoa Trust facilities just outside the city, the weekend felt like a chance to escape the every-day and take some time to re-focus

... in hospitals. So, without the comfort factors of being in my own home and not having to drive while in labor, why am I still planning a homebirth away from home? As you may recall, if you've been a long-time reader of this blog, attending a homebirth as a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) is illegal in South Dakota. However, CPMs are the only certified ...

... , the author of this new children’s book called “We’re Having a Homebirth!!” She says she decided to create the book when they were planning for their homebirth and couldn’t find any literature for their 2 year old to read about the process. She self-published the book, which is available for purchase on her website. I only saw the ...

... it. I had it in the back of my head that if I was still hanging out at less than five centimeters dilated (out of 10, for those who aren't very knowledgeable about birth), I was done with homebirth and wanted to go to the hospital for an epidural. That was a MASSIVELY irrational thought on my part because the reality was that my contractions were so close together that I could not have gotten ...

... for 2003-2004, but the data for 2005 has recently become available. Homebirth death continues to be far higher than death in the hospital for ... 0.63/1000 and DEM attended homebirth 1.4/1000. No wonder the Midwives Alliance of ... collected the single largest repository of data on homebirth. The data is publicly available, but only to those who can prove they will use them for the “advancement&# ...