Home birth's

I had a home birth with my third child and wished I had done it with the other two! It was a wonderful relaxing experience and I was completely in control all the time. My little boy came swimming out in the bath (which they wouldn't let you do in a hospital) so it was less traumatic for him and less painful for me. I was able to hop into my own bed at the end of it and have a nice cup of tea! Lovely! No sharing toilets, no waiting for food and drinks, no restricted visiting times, no having to listen to other babies crying all night and disturbing yours! Perfect! I started in labour at 5.30am and spent the day wandering about the house letting the contractions get stonger and stronger. I was in contact with the midwives regularly, but they didn't come until I thought I needed pain relief at about 3.15pm. By that time I was 9cm dilated, so I hopped in a hot bath and he was born at 4.10pm! The midwives were guided by how I felt and what I wanted and didn't interfere at all. They only guided me through the final moments and cleaned up afterwards. If child birth can be wonderful (I didnt think it was possible!) this was. I wouldn't advise having the other children at home. I would think it quite traumatic when they are too young to understand. My Mum looked after mine and brought them to visit their baby brother an hour after he was born. It made it less stange for them to come to our home rather than to a hospital. You just need to remember that if anything does go wrong, you can always get taken to the hospital, but the midwives are very competant. That's who you would be dealing with in hospital anyway. Also, plan for a home birth if that's what you decide, but don't have your hopes set on it. If you are advised not to at any point for valid health reasons, trust your caretakers. They want what's best for you. Or if circumstances change, be flexible and have a contingency plan. It's not the end of the world - only 3, 7, 12, 24 or maybe 48 hours out of your life!!

absolutely Stupid-I think she didn't realise what she was getting in to.I want to know what other family members were doing that time.She should not be charged though-not having the joy to hold her baby is lot of pain,she is already suffering a lot.whether you realise or not she will never repeat this mistake ever again.Her suffering is her salvation just let it be.

Did this woman have a healthy pregnancy or complications during her pregnancy, was she advised against a home birth or did her ob/gyn or midwife say it would be fine? More information is needed to know if this was neglect or child birth gone bad. Some people even in the hospital have complications and their babies die, shoud the doctors and nurses be charged with something for these babies dying due to complications?

nothing...its upto her to decide the way wge wants t give birth to a chiled...after all no mother would lose her child deliberately...

That is why I always prefer to avail hospital birth than home birth. There are so many things that could happen in home births that the home is not ready or prepared for in cases of emergency. This practice is not applicable anymore in our times when there are many things that could happen in home births

NO she should not. Don't you think she went through engough? It has only been a recent thing that we have hospital births, and you know what, we have more complications now than we did then. What happend do NOT HAPPEN often, it is a rarity. And besides, what about those who do not do it on purpose and just have the baby by accident at home. AND FUTHER MORE, SHOULD THOSE WHO ABORT THEIR BABY BE CHARGED WITH MURDER. I doubt that you would take that stance.

Yes i believe the law will charge her for being neglectful of the life of her own child and she must have suffer emotionally about this. My mom have delivered all of her 6 children at home but she is assisted by a widwife.

I think it was neglectful since complications are always a possiblity. Maybe community service or something, but it was childbirth gone bad, not premedditated murder. Now if the circumstances had been different. Like a strom preventing her from getting to a hospital (Like hurricane Katrina) or something else & she was unsure if it was true or false labor & didn't have the time to drive to a hospital & tried her best to successfully deliever the baby, then that would've been an innocent accident.

I believe it's the mother's choice on how she wants to have the baby. We may not agree with what she did, however, she's the one who carried the baby for 9 months and if she honestly felt that was the best way to go then she did nothing wrong in my honest opinion