Tag: Home Birth

Home Birth Understood – Midwives and Physicians Discuss!

by Jessica Austin on December 11, 2013 in Educational Videos, Home Birth • 0 Comments

What birth settings offer the best safety, comfort, and birth experience for women? Why?

This Cafe will explore current evidence about home birth safety, potential advantages and disadvantages of home birth on individual and population levels, and barriers to and societal perceptions of home birth in Canada. The speakers will invite participants to examine the evidence, the politics, and public discourse surrounding birth place.

Dr. Patricia Janssen, Dr. Karen Buhler, Dr. Brenda Wagner and Saraswathi Vedam, RM discuss home birth and hospital birth. MUST-WATCH for anyone wanting to make an informed choice about birth location!

Home Birth Understood: Tales and Truths:

Absolute Risks of Home Birth?:

VBAC:

Home Birth Controversy:

Family Physicians and Home Birth:

Environment and Labour/Delivery:

9 Practical Reasons To Consider Home Birth

by Jessica Austin on June 3, 2013 in Home Birth • 15 Comments

I love supporting home births. When a baby is born at home, it feels like Christmas morning… a sense of excitement and magic and peacefulness all at once. There are MANY reasons why I believe in the importance of natural home birth, including the science behind home birth safety for healthy mothers having healthy pregnancies. But in addition to these, there… Read more →

The Importance of Natural Home Birth

by Jessica Austin on April 3, 2013 in Educational Videos, Understanding "Natural" Birth • 4 Comments

I just found a good video I had stored away in my “to read / watch” files. My friend’s 2 year old sun cuddled up and watched it with me; at the end he said “well, that was very interesting!”… although perhaps he just likes the moving images on a screen, I like to think he integrated a BIT of… Read more →

Catchin’ a birthday baby

by Jessica Austin on February 3, 2013 in Jessica's Journal • 6 Comments

So, I caught a baby for the first time last week. On my birthday… a day where I attended not one, but TWO Hypnobabies home births back-to-back. Pretty awesome birthday gift. Two births, one catch and one pair of amniotic fluid-soaked jeans later, I got into my beloved bath tub just before midnight on my birthday and thought, now THAT… Read more →

Science supports home birth safety

by Jessica Austin on January 10, 2013 in Home Birth • 1 Comment

Many people choose hospital birth because there is a perception that it is safer for mother and baby. However, scientific research shows otherwise. I often hear people say something along the lines of, “I considered home birth, but I (and /or my partner) am very scientific minded so am choosing to birth in the hospital.” If you are in the… Read more →