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The pros and cons of home birth

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Below is a list of the pros vs the cons of home birth, which should come in useful when when you are making a decision. The main thing to remember is that whatever you decide, it’s YOUR choice!

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Thinking about a home birth? You need to read this…

5th December 2014 Melissa-Jane Frost 4 Comments babies, baby, baby blog, baby tips, birth, birthing at home, birthing ball, birthing centre, Born At Home, Caesarean section, delayed clamping, disadvantage, easy birth, episiotomy, faster birth, gas and air, guidelines, home, home birth, homebirth, homebirth checklist, hospital bag, house, how to have a happy birth, how to have a painless birth, labour, midwife, midwives, motherhood, MRSA, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, negatives, NHS, NICE, oxytocin, painless birth, pethadrine, positives, TENS machine, thinking about a home birth?, Top 10 home birth, towels, ventouse, waterbirth, what to expect, what you will need, what you'll need, why home birth makes sense

WHY HOME BIRTH MAKES SENSE:

If you’re having a pregnancy with no complications, I can assure you that what you are considering is common sense. To produce those magic birthing hormones, which help you have a quicker, less painful labour – you need to be in a dimly lit, calm, happy, familiar environment… Sounds like home, right?

So isn’t it crazy that a hospital delivery ward is the complete opposite? Bright lights, strange smells, noises and people. This kind of environment triggers adrenaline. Adrenaline is the hormone that you want to try your hardest to avoid producing in labour! Production of this slows everything down, then you are on the road to unnecessary medical procedures or caesarian.