Homebirth or hospital delivery- which is more safe

One of the choices women have during pregnancy is how they will deliver. What I’m trying to say when I said how they deliver is where do they want to give birth-in the hospital or at their homes. Most women don’t realize they have that choice mainly because they don’t realize that homebirths are safe.  But of course that safety has been questioned.But if they just research and look for studies about this method then they will realize that there a lot of evidence that this method is safe.

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. From the 300 homebirths I have assisted in the dangers are just the same as if you were to deliver in a hospital.  Having it in a hospital or at home doesn’t minimize those risks.On the ohter hand, the risks also would not increase because of this.

So what are some of the dangers?  Well for one people worry if some complications occur.They presume that the people who administer homebirths are not nurses and they are not medically inclined.  Well as a midwives San Diego we do know medical procedures.We have all the required medical equipment for all the common complications that appear when giving birth.It is but natural that any serious complications that would arise during birthing should be addressed by a doctor.  But that isn’t any different then 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.This is standard procedure because they are limited in the medical procedures that 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 women who are not afraid to try this method and have low pregnancy risk then they should know that homebirth is a safe method to give birth.