Would you prefer your child or a child of your family to be born in a hospital or at home?

I appreciate you the most for this answer of yours, munchkin. I didn't say I love you for this answer, just because others may misunderstand me!
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by Suby the Coat on September 23rd, 2009

Thank you!

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by bye friends health problems on September 23rd, 2009

Thanks! Same constraints!

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by Suby the Coat on September 23rd, 2009

Sensible. Thanks, Blackberry. +6.

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by Suby the Coat on September 23rd, 2009

With a qulified and experienced midwife in attendance, JPB?
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by Suby the Coat on September 23rd, 2009

Possibly Suby. I know that is a very successful and more "natural" process for lots of women.

Personally, I just prefer being in a hospital setting. The more modern birthing rooms and more relaxed atmosphere in maternity units of hospitals make the hospital experience much more pleasant and hands-on than previously.

Great question. +5

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by Over and Out on September 23rd, 2009

But I Had my two sons got delivered at home and there were no complications. I think only 1% are complicated deliveries. The rest are normal. Midwifes or even elderly women at home could handle it well enough, JPB.

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by Suby the Coat on September 23rd, 2009

I'm just glad that parents can select which setting is best for them. It's nice to have options.

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by Over and Out on September 23rd, 2009

True.

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by Suby the Coat on September 23rd, 2009

You have a lot more of eperience than me, Rosie. +6.

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by Suby the Coat on September 23rd, 2009

I like to be where the knowledge/experience/intelligence is my friend. A hospital trumps being at home any day of the week for me! :)

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by RosieGHM Jetpacker on September 23rd, 2009

I appreciate your answer, AnnieB. But I feel we need to go back to our older ways. Only some 2% of childbirths require hospital attendance. I would always believe we belong to the 98%.
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by Suby the Coat on September 23rd, 2009

You are honest, Eileen. +6.

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by Suby the Coat on September 23rd, 2009

Excalibur: Pregnancy and delivery are all too common to all the mammalian spesies, including humans. There is nothing abnormal about it. I will think over your answer. +6.

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by Suby the Coat on September 23rd, 2009

Suby, take my word for it. You can never be too careful with birth. It really can be a question of life and death.

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by Bohemian is back on September 23rd, 2009

You could be right, Excalibur. Thank you.

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by Suby the Coat on September 23rd, 2009

Thats an extraordinary experience you shared, barbiedoll. Thank you. +6.

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by Suby the Coat on September 23rd, 2009

And I never want to relive it. I was in so much pain, you could invite the homeless to come and watch the birth. I didn't care who saw what. I thought why be in a hospital in this much pain, no doctor a round and a nurse saying she could take much more pain than me. They got me a new nurse too. The baby was 9 lbs. 6 oz. The doctor and nurse were wide-eyed to see the size of the baby and guessed at the weight. Suby, I'm sure you really want to have this experience. Right?

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by dancer on September 23rd, 2009

Thats the heaviest baby I ever heard of, Barbie. Now I can imagine. But in these cases the Doctors usually go for a cesarean section, I thought!

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by Suby the Coat on September 24th, 2009

Mine liked the traditional method. My sister had nine pound babies by C-section tho. So now you would like the experience? Once I had the epidural, I still didn't care who was invited to see. Just no pictures until after the baby was born.

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by dancer on September 24th, 2009

Just out of curiosity, barbie, was the baby a boy or a girl and how old is he/she now and is their weight normal for their height?

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by Suby the Coat on September 24th, 2009

The one I was talking about was my daughter. My son was also over 9. She is 25, now you know my age. She is a size 4-6. My son is still growing and 5'11 inches, 160. He needs to gain some more. Within the first year, both were within normal weight. They just had a good start. My Mom smoked (back in that time) and I was 6 lbs. My sister's child is younger, 18, and a solid size 8 - very muscular.

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by dancer on September 24th, 2009

Interesting. So birth weight really does not matter later in life. Thanks.

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by Suby the Coat on September 24th, 2009

Fully trained midwives are available everywhere, Lady Alathia. I think your middle route would be an excellent option. Thank you. +6.

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by Suby the Coat on September 23rd, 2009

And it was! I adore my midwife, and will be using her as long as I live in this area. ^_^

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by Lady Alathia of Vulcan on September 24th, 2009

This is a totally new perspective that you give me, Factotum. I thought onlyu what a midwife or women relatives couldn't handle must go to the hospitals!
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by Suby the Coat on September 23rd, 2009

Lest I be accused of using scare tactics let me amend my post by saying that the majority of births can be performed at home and go just fine (assuming there is someone present who knows anything about birth).
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Thing is, when it goes wrong it can go bad wrong and you can lose the baby, the mother or both, and it can happen extremely quickly.

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by Factotum on September 23rd, 2009

I think you are forgetting that we humans too are just mammels, randomness!
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by Suby the Coat on September 23rd, 2009

You are most practical, PrairieWind. I too would have consiered these pointes if I were you!
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by Suby the Coat on September 23rd, 2009

:-)
Thanks

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by PrairieWind on September 23rd, 2009