An unassisted labor?

All my girls were born in hospital but I would much rather have been at home. I don't think a birth without access to medical help if necessary is a good idea but can't see any problem with a home birth and a midwife there. I know people in less developed countries deliver their babies with no medical help but there is always an older, experienced woman there to assist if necessary. We in the west have lost this and so really need medical assistance from a midwife.

I knew in advance that I would have problems with my pregnancies and would need general anesethic caesarians so I never really thought about this. I think ideally I would have liked to experience a labour and to have had a water birth but with the medical profession present. Years ago a lot of babies and a lot of women did die through childbirth so if there were complications I would like someone else present like you having the midwife there for you. Ellie:D

hi maxima, for me an assisted labor is to dangerous...i wont risk it.. i prefer to give birth to the hospital..i had a ceasarian operation with my 2 kids coz i cant give birth normally..

That sounds like an intersting programme. It would be good to know how to deliver your own baby, just in case, but I think I would prefer a midwife or someone a bit more experienced than just me in case of complications. Also I think when you're going through hard labour it's good to get some reassurance that everything's ok. I do admire anyone who does this though.

It's nice that you had two home births. I had my daughter in hospital with a midwife, but without any interventions or drugs (except gas and air). It was fine, but it must be great not having to even go to hospital and feeling like you're going through this whole medical process. My friend had her baby at home in a birthing pool, also with a midwife, and everything went really well. Maybe if i have another one...

i prefer hospital births. i wanted to have a home birth but with all my medical problems, i chose to go to the hospital. that was a good thing as something tore inside me during birth and i would have died at home. i think if you hadm a normal problem free birth at hospital, home would be much nicer second time around.

I think a mother who chooses this type of birth will have a lot of belief in her own ability and body to do what comes naturally thats not a bad thing but i personally would be too scared then again both my labours were very quick and my first daughter would have died if not been born in hospital and the second also needed help breathing due to shock of such quick labours. For me hospital is the place to have my children without a doubt id love a home birth next time I dont think my consultant would allow it though and il do what I think is best after gaining any information I need.

I once read a report on newspaper: a school girl about 15 was preganent who lives with her grandmother with poor eyesight. The girl finally gave birth to her baby in the toilet. During all those months, her grandmother didn't find out. poor girl and poor granny. Being afaid of criticisim, the girl tried hard to hide.

Despite my medically necessary hospital births I support unassisted pregnancies and unassisted childbirth when the pregnancy and birth are not high risk. I support informed consent and informed birthing and pregnancy. It is a woman's choice on how she wants to birth but it is also her responsibility to insure the health of her baby and herself. IF there is a problem during an unassisted childbirth then it is both her and the father's responsibility to seek medical help.

I support it and I believe in it. I've never had one, nor could I have had one with my high risk preterm and preemie history. I have what is called a bicorneated uterus (reactive double chamber) and had a uterine rupture with my 4th child. I am very high risk and unassisted childbirth is not an option, neither is home birthing (unfortunately). I envy the women strong enough to do something like this, it takes a lot of courage and strength and self confidence to do it.

Kuddos to them and I support their decisions fully.

I perfer to be in a hospital especially since with every pregnacy I have had life threatening health problems.

I think home births are okay for those who do not have any risk factors and who are in general healthy. But for me a home birth could result in death for both me and the baby.

I am actually afraid to even get pregnant again because I have lost the last several babies due to miscarriage, an one of the miscarriages I nearly hemmorraged to death, and the doctors seemed to move in slow motion (maybe that was my imagination I don't know, but it just was not a good feeling at all)

Then the last baby I did deliver came very quickly and I hemmoraged afterwards with him to, I was given medicine to slow the hemmoraging down because I was loosing a lot of blood, fast. and later I had problems with even walking or anything, and each time I have had to stay in the hospital a long time longer than others who have babies. (anyway it is scary when you have a baby and start having the kind of complications that I have had, which were very serious.)

I would like to be able to adopt a baby though I think that would be great, because I could have a beautiful baby without the pain and complications of a pregnancy or child birth.

i couldn't imagine giving birth without any health professionals there. what would happen if there was something wrong? they may teach you how to deliver your own baby, but what if something happens? what if the cord is wrapped around the babies neck? what if you need a c-section? i guess if you want to do it yourself and have a hospital nearby, but still. i think doing a home birth isn't bad since you had a midwife with you. i had all three of my kids in the hospital, but here we can choose midwife or doctor and i chose midwife with all three. i just felt like they knew what i was going through more than some. funny thing is with my son my midwife had actually just came back from her maternity leave right before i had him.