How they deliver their babies is one of the choices that women can make during their pregnancy. When I say how they will deliver I am referring to a hospital delivery or a homebirth. Most women think that homebirth is not a safe method to give birth that is why they do not realize that they have a choice on how to deliver their babies.But of course there are those who doubt the safety of this method.  But with careful research they can see there is a lot of evidence to show that it is.

Now the safety of a homebirth has been questioned.  From my observations from my practice as a midwife in San Diego I have found it to be absolutely safe. The risks are the same either in a hospital or homebirth as I have witnessed from the 300 homebirths I have assisted in.Having a baby in the hospital or at home doesn’t make any difference in minimizing those risks.But the risks would also not increase.

So what would be the main threat of undergoing a procedure like this?  Well for one people worry if some complications occur.They think that people who assist in homebirths are not nurses.  Well as a midwives San Diego we do know medical procedures.All the necessary equipments for the common complications of a chilbirth are always with us.It is but natural that any serious complications that would arise during birthing should be addressed by a doctor.But that is not far from what happens in a hospital. 

Now of course homebirths are only suggested for women who have low risk pregnancies.If it is known that a woman has possible complications while giving birth then the midwife would not recommend this method if she is good.  This is standard procedure for all licensed midwife in San Diego.  Of course they will be limited in the medical procedures they can do.That is why they do not do homebirth if the pregnancy is high risk and they make sure that it would be delivered in the hospital.

For those against having a baby at home it will be hard to convince them otherwise.But for the women who likes to try this method then they should know that this method is safe if not as safe as a delivery in the hospital.






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