Comments on: Woman Has Hospital Birth, Dies of Meningitis

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:56:40 +0000

I know of three cases where people I love tried home birth and terrible things went wrong and they had NO idea how to fix them. My niece is a miracle-they rushed my sis-in-law to the hospital after my niece TORE out of her and the doctors saved her and my sis-in-law. Another friend was sexually molested by her midwife and had to confront the incident. And, my third friend got “stuck” (literally) trying to give birth to her 10 pound baby. It couldn’t happen- she finally quit trying to be a heroine and went to the hospital where they delivered her child. There is no right answer for all. I would never try home birth with these being the 3 stories that I personally know. I am glad to realize that it did work for some of you though.

By: Amanda Moore

Amanda Moore — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:32:32 +0000

Homebirth midwives are consistently fighting for our rights as women to allow out of hospital births for the women and families who seek alternative maternity services. Home birth is the safest option in normal, healthy pregnancies.
When we fight for our rights to practice and for womens rights on birth, we are constantly having to “prove” ourselves as competent practitioners. We readily gather statistics and share our birth outcomes with other birth professionals and to help establish home birth midwifery in our western culture. The OB/GYN and hospitals DO NOT have to report their birth outcomes to anyone and this is a MAJOR problem when considering the safest place to birth. I recommend anyone interested in this break down in health care to visit, Ina May Gaskin;s website: http://www.rememberthemothers.net Also known as The Safe Motherhood Project.
Love and Light,
Amanda
Homebirth Midwife
BIRTH YOUR BABIES AT HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Danika

Danika — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:10:24 +0000

This is definitely sad. It’s also a weird coincidence for me because my grad class is currently reading _The Rhetoric of Midwifery_, which basically talks about how the medical INDUSTRY in this country has strategically issued statements using carefully planned language in order to scare people away from births administered by midwives.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:38:45 +0000

That is tragic. And a reminder that hospitals are for SICK people. Not healthy pregnant women giving birth. Truly tragic. This makes me really sad and grateful that I had access to a wonderfully trained midwife and gave birth in the comfort, safety and cleanliness of my own home.