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Informed Decision-Making
We support informed decision-making. ‘An informed decision requires you to have knowledge of the risks, benefits and alternatives to a course of action. It involves research. It involves getting in touch with your intuition and having a good think about what is truly best for you. Informed decision making is a process and it takes…
“YOU CAN’T CONTROL THE BIRTH–OR, REALLY, ANYTHING IN LIFE. YOU CAN, THOUGH, TAKE CHARGE BY KNOWING WHAT YOU WANT AND WHY… THEN PLANNING HOW BEST TO ACHIEVE IT.”
MORE ON BREASTFEEDING – ESPECIALLY 'LAID BACK' POSITION
http://thetruthaboutbreastfeeding.com/2009/04/09/could-a-laid-back-approach-to-breastfeeding-help-your-baby-latch-on/
Full Circle Midwifery Statistics January 1, 1984 through December 31, 2019
Total planned home births: 1648 Total transports: 125 [7.6 % ] Mothers transported in labor: 89 Cesareans 49 [ 3% ] Forceps/Vacuum 9 Mothers transported within 24 hours postpartum: 23 Babies transported within 24 hours after home birth: 13 Counties: Benzie 2 Kent 14 Lake 18 Manistee 51 Mason 207 Mecosta 128 Montcalm 15 Muskegon 336 Oceana 240 Ottawa 118 Newaygo 368 Osceola 78 plus 73 births attended in Allegan, Clare, Eaton, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Ingham, Isabella, Kalamazoo, Midland, Missaukee, Shiawassee, Wayne & Wexford….
VBAC FACTS
Quick Facts If you have had a cesarean, your next baby can be born vaginally safely. This is called a VBAC or vaginal birth after cesarean. As Mona Lydon-Rochelle MD said at the 2010 National Institutes of Health VBAC conference, “There is a major misperception that TOLAC [trial of labor after cesarean] is extremely risky.” George…
Celebrity home births
Charlotte Church’s delivery goes swimmingly as singer gives birth to a baby boy at home | Mail Onlin 8:18am Source: www.dailymail.co.uk Charlotte Church gave birth to her second child yesterday – a boy weighing 7lb 5oz. The singer, 22, had her boyfriend Gavin Henson and two midwives by her side.