Natural birth at home

Natural birth at home

Some future mothers decide to adopt the measure of giving birth at home for special reasons, they prefer have a warm and family atmosphere. In this type of decision, they only decide to take this initiative 0,3% of deliveries and it is an option where it is more and more valued by women.

The perception that childbirth is safe At home it can be very uneven, this type of preference can generate a great debate regarding whether the assistance at home itself may become unsafe and you need it immediately a hospital emergency, or that being in the hospital they get to practice unnecessary techniques and others by a professional, in any case the opinions and preferences are on the table forming part of a great debate.

Conditions to be met before delivery

There is a protocol elaborated by some Official Nursing Colleges that impose a series of requirements so that future moms can organize a natural birth at home with all the necessary means. You have to give part of the decision to give birth at home in the medical center where you attend, so that all the necessary means for such a decision are assessed:

  • This type of decision will be assessed by specialists a few weeks before giving birth, the assessment will be positive or not depending on the low or high risk of pregnancy.
  • Deliveries that present a baby during their pregnancy and where the mother has attended ultrasound checks and at least four clinic visits. It will be part of these requirements to contain at least four reports and clinical visits during his gestation
  • The delivery must be assisted by a midwife and will have to take place on the 37 and 42 weeks of gestation.
  • The pregnancy must present a low risk report where will include a document signed with the established consent.

Natural birth at home

Requirements for a natural birth

For the woman feel safe and relaxed, a series of conditions must be met at home for a birth to occur with the maximum guarantees:

  • The place where the delivery will take place must have running water and heating, as well as being at a safe distance from a hospital of at least half an hour away.
  • You will have all the necessary material for its handling, it must contain towels, sheets and running water and be and located in a room of between 24-26º.
  • It is recommended that there are no animals living together and be in a place with easy access to emergency services in case they had to attend out of necessity.
  • In the house there should only be the trustworthy people and at the time of delivery and in the same room the own pregnant, father and midwife.

Natural birth at home

Requirements for a water birth

It's another idea which may be part of the pregnant woman's decision, since the theory that the trauma is much less. A series of requirements must be met for this approach to be carried out:

  • The mother must have previously received specific information about the treatment to be performed.
  • You have to do it on a large bathtub or jacuzzi where the water temperature should not vary containing the Greater volume of water so that the baby does not enter in contact with air.
  • Lthe midwife must be prepared with the necessary instruments in case you had to intervene and immerse yourself in the water.
  • The mother must receive all the necessary sensitivity during childbirth, without any type of substance to make you lose. You do not have to administer any type of pain reliever or anesthesia.

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