Tag: Place of birth
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For Physiological Birth, There’s No Place Like Home
The Homebirth Series, Reason # 3 What is physiological birth? A physiological birth is one in which the baby is born under the action of the woman’s own body alone, with the baby’s help, of course. This is a fascinating and complex process, which involves interplay between different hormones, the nervous system, movement in the…
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Hospital Policies aren’t always Evidence-Based, and are Frequently Short-Sighted
The Homebirth Series, Reason #4 In this article, I take a critical look at hospital maternity care policies, using CTG monitoring as a major case study.
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Homebirth: Safe for Babies, and Much Better for Women.
The Homebirth Series, Reason #6 The strongest reason I had for choosing to birth my second baby at home was this: the evidence showed that women fared much better when birthing at home than those who birth in hospitals, without compromising the safety of babies.
Perth Birth Nerd 