A Healthy Baby Is All That Matters
Besides safety at home, there are also other factors to be considered. It is always said that “It doesn’t matter how your birth ended, at least you and your baby are healthy”. But is a woman really feeling healthy after having a traumatic experience? Not always. At home, a woman chooses who she wants with her: Her mom, her sister or maybe only her husband and doula. It’s her choice and if at any point she decides she doesn’t want somebody around her, she is free to ask the person to leave. At home she also has the choice to decline an intervention that may not be deemed necessary. At home she can have her birth plan taken into consideration and respected. All of these things will impact the type of birth experience she will have, not only having a healthy baby…
