#213 | Choosing Home Birth the First Time Around with Colleen Mason @Uncomplicated Family

Down to Birth

Cynthia Overgard & Trisha Ludwig

Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum, Midwives, Alternative Health, Home Birth, Society & Culture, Newborn, Documentary, Hypnobirthing, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Breastfeeding, Pregnant, Birth, Maternity, Motherhood

4.8 • 586 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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When your hospital birth plan repeatedly includes the word "No", considering home birth becomes extremely enticing. In this episode, Colleen of @uncomplicatedfamily shares with us how she left her OB and chose home birth not only the first time but six more thereafter! Many mothers fear the idea of home birth because they only imagine what might go wrong. And while there are certain risks to consider before home birthing and it isn't the preference of every woman, we review how it can b...

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0:00.0	The conclusion says this study shows that planning a homebirth does not increase the risks
0:07.7	of perinatal mortality and severe perinatal morbidity among low-risk women.
0:11.9	Listen to this. Holland offered more than 500,000 home birth data points in the study.
0:19.6	At the period where they were number one in the world in birth safety, for no explained reason,
0:28.1	the researchers just left it out.
0:29.8	I feel like the decision we made was because we didn't want to waste our precious time and
0:35.4	energy and our pregnancy getting ready to put on our boxing
0:39.8	gloves. You are giving this person the privilege to attend your birth and to be with you in your
0:46.3	pregnancy. Period. We didn't have to do this, but we mailed a courtesy letter to the OB's office
0:52.5	saying your services are no longer needed.
0:55.4	Peace out.
0:56.4	I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of Hypniburthing of Connecticut, Childbirth Advocate, and Postpartum
1:03.9	Support Specialist.
1:06.1	And I'm Trescia Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international board certified lactation consultant.
1:11.8	And this is the down-to-birth podcast.
1:16.3	Childbirth is something we're made to do, but how do we have our safest and most satisfying experience in today's medical culture?
1:23.4	Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth.
1:34.4	Thank you. Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth. Well, my name is Colleen, and I have seven children.
1:38.1	They are all born at home.
1:40.1	And we actually started teaching childbirth classes after our first baby was born.
1:45.7	So I can talk a little bit about that too.
1:48.3	But I just wanted to talk today about the importance of knowing homebirth as an option, as a first-time parent.
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