Home birth - to decide or not?

The popularity of this type of delivery, like home birth, is increasing every year. More and more pregnant women decide not to leave the walls of their home, when the process of the appearance of the baby begins, the woman gives birth at home. Let us consider this method in more detail, let's talk about its advantages and disadvantages.

Home births - "for" and "against"

To begin with, it is necessary to say that this term is used to designate the process of delivery, which takes place outside the conditions of the medical institution. Talking about the birth of the house, "for" and "against" which are expressed by many midwives, doctors note their insecurity. In this case, as positive aspects, they indicate:

1. Comfortable environment. Home comfort helps to tune in to a favorable outcome, feel support from relatives that are present side by side.
2. Freedom to choose the position of the body. The woman settles down as she is comfortable, the painful contractions are reduced as much as possible.
3. Natural means of anesthesia. As such, conducting home birth, midwives use a warm bath, quiet music, massage.

But all the advantages of having a baby at home are covered by possible complications, among which:

1. Death of the fetus. The causes of such a sad outcome are associated with hypoxia, a long process of delivery.
2. Weak labor activity. With a clinically narrow pelvis, the probability of infant death also increases.
3. Development of bleeding. Impossibility of rapid emergency assistance leads to the death of the fetus.

Can I give birth at home?

This issue pregnant women are often addressed to gynecologists who watch for gestation. At the same time, most doctors negatively speak about home birth, especially early home births are dangerous. They pay attention to the impossibility of rapid response in case of complications. Telling women about whether it is possible to give birth at home, midwives note that this type of delivery is associated with a variety of consequences, among which:

• birth trauma;
• ruptures of the perineum;
• difficulty in diverting the afterlife;
• development of bleeding .

Home births - contraindications

It is worth noting that when a pregnant woman gives birth at home, she should be surrounded by close people. Their task is to control the process of appearance of the baby to the light. Before giving birth at home, after making the final decision, it is worth consulting with a doctor. There are certain contraindications:

• arterial hypertension in the parturient woman;
• diabetes;
• heart and kidney disease;
• presence of operations on the uterus in the past, caesarean section;
• complications of the birth process: premature birth, foot prawning;
• multiple pregnancies;
• low location, placenta previa.

How to give birth at home?

As mentioned above, childbirth in the home is fraught with many dangers. But sometimes even this fact does not stop pregnant women who decided to give birth to a baby at home. To reduce the likelihood of complications, medics are advised to thoroughly prepare, think through the algorithm. As an obstetrician should be an experienced doctor who observed the course of gestation.

Preparing for childbirth at home

Childbirth at home with her husband is practiced in many countries of Europe. The process of preparing for delivery is of great importance. The preparatory stage is a set of measures aimed at reducing the risk of complications in the process of delivery:

• performing certain physical exercises;
• increased load;
• mastering the technique of correct breathing

At the same time, doctors recommend to exclude such types of physical activity as:

• overstrain of ligaments, joint load;
• extreme sports.

How to accelerate childbirth at home?

Deciding to give birth at home, as it is right to do, not all pregnant women know. Because of this, the long-awaited moment, when the generic process begins for a long time does not come. In such cases, doctors recommend natural stimulation of the birth process. It consists in:

1. Renewal of sexual relations. In order to prepare the cervix, for its correct and timely disclosure, doctors recommend that you resume sex from 36-37 weeks. It is impossible to use condoms at the same time - sperm contains substances that contribute to the expansion of the cervical canal and softening of the cervix.
2. Stimulation of the nipples. Used at the beginning of delivery. With this kind of action, the synthesis of oxytocin, the hormone of an intensifying uterine contraction, is increased.
3. Increased physical activity helps to approximate childbirth. Long walks, climbing the stairs are a great way to provoke fights.

Home delivery in water

Childbirth at home in the water is a common technique. When they are carried out, the creation of certain conditions plays an important role:

• wide and not less than 40 cm deep bath;
• pure water;
• water temperature 37-38 degrees.

The process of delivery must be controlled. Among the features of the appearance of a baby in the light in this way, it is worth mentioning:

1. Dive into the water is necessary at the stage of active fights, with an opening of 8 cm.
2. Between the contractions you can leave the bath.
3. The mother-in-waiting must choose such a position that the water level covers the uterus, the nipples are immersed.
4. With a weakening of fights, they leave the bath, waiting for their resumption.

Unexpected childbirth at home

In some cases, the appearance of a baby outside the hospital does not come at the request of a pregnant woman. In such situations, women are wondering what to do if they have given birth at home. The algorithm of actions for beginning labor should be as follows:

1. Call for an ambulance.
2. Calm down.
3. Carry out hygienic procedures, shave hair.
4. Lie down and begin to count the fights, the interval between them. Reducing it to 10 minutes indicates an active stage of labor.
5. To inform the arriving brigade the interval of fights , the time of the onset of labor.
6. Follow the instructions of the obstetrician.

If a woman gave birth at home, she is hospitalized with the baby. In a hospital,

• evaluation of the baby's condition: weigh, measure the height of the baby;
• inspection of the birth canal, if necessary, stitching;
• establish monitoring of the baby and mom.