Why Homebirth

As  providers  of  homebirth  services,  we  treat our  women  and  families  with  respect  and  believe  in  client  autonomy.   We  believe in  true  informed  consent and  shared  decision-making.  Cervical  exams  are  never  done (during  prenatal  visits  or  even  in  labor  -  especially  when  membranes  have  ruptured)  unless there  is an absolute  need  to  know,  and  only  after  receiving  consent.    Movement  and  position  changes  are  encouraged  in  labor,  as  is  eating  and  drinking during  this  most  physical  time  for  your  body.    There  is  never pressure of  time unless  there  is  some  concern  for  mom  or  baby  -  time  and  patience  will  nearly always  result  in  a  vaginal  delivery  without  the  addition  of  any  medications  to  speed  up  labor.   Homebirth  is  also  healing  for  women  who may  have  had  a  traumatic  previous  delivery.   

Planned  homebirth  is  as  safe,  if  not  safer,  than  hospital  birth.    Without  interventions  such  as  induction,  pitocin,  rupture of membranes,  epidural,  refusal  of  food , denial  of position  changes, and forced  bed  delivery  on  back  and  in  stirrups,  there  is  less  chance  of  fetal distress,  failure  to  progress,  c/s  and  maternal  hemorrhage.    And  for  those  women  who  had  very  fast  previous  deliveries  -  it  is  much  safer  to  be  at  home  than  to  be  speeding  to  the  hospital  only to  deliver  in  the  wheelchair,  the  lobby  or  the  hallway,  or  to  actually  deliver  your  baby  in  the  car.    As  homebirth  midwives  we  carry  all  necessary  emergency  equipment  and  know  when  transport  is  necessary.

There’s  no  place  like  home.