The main goals of using a midwife

Posted by Administrator on March 8, 2010

There are a couple of new and better ways to deliver a baby.  One of those ways is through midwifery and the use of a midwife.A lot of women really choose this way of delivering their baby and of course there are a couple of main reasons for this.  In this article we are going to look at the main reasons or philosophies of a midwife.

First of all the main tenet of midwifery is that it is a woman centered care for pregnancy and delivery.  It’s goal is to not have to use all the different medical procedures that are considered normal for a delivery.Things like hospitalization and medicine are definitely not considered in the woman’s best interest.  The goal is to have as natural a delivery as possible.  That is the main goal of most women who use my San Diego midwife service. 

Following upon that goal is the key idea that pregnancy and delivery should absolutely be a family event.Contrast that to existing fact of having to deliver in a hospital and how the delivery pretty much shuts out the rest of the family.By being able to involve the whole family, it surely allows the mother to have a more comfortable environment.  This is one thing the woman who use my San Diego home birth services love about using a midwife.

Finally using a midwife as mentioned earlier absolutely require to use as little medical procedures as possible.One usual way they do that is through offering to deliver the baby in water.This is typically called a water birth.This type of delivery is actually considered good for the baby to come from water and be born into water. It is definitely soothing to the baby as well as the mom.  That is what most women say after they use my waterbirth San Diego service.

As you can see the main philosophy for using a midwife is the concern for the women.It is definitely a type of care for the woman that focuses on her needs and the woman who use it certainly love that fact.

Having a baby at home

Posted by Administrator on January 9, 2010

Delivering a baby is a wonderful experience.  Although it is wonderful there are many pains and stresses that come with delivering a baby.  Because of that most babies are delivered in the hospital.But there is definitely a growing movement of strong women having babies at home.  And contrary to popular opinion it is safer then most people would imagine.  So in this article we are going to look at delivering your baby at home.

First of all, it is usually performed by a midwife when a woman chooses to have a baby at home.Midwives are actually women who really assist in delivering the baby.  Much like a doctor’s role except in the fact that they stress delivering the baby in a natural way.  That is one of the main reasons women come to me in my homebirth midwives San Diego services.  They want to have a baby without using drugs during delivery.

Now the common thought is that, to ease the pain, women always use drugs for delivery.  But in reality what most women don’t realize is that using drugs slow down the birth process. And a lot of times it even makes it harder to deliver the baby. While ahomebirth sometimes uses the option of delivering in water to make the transition for the baby.  This process of delivery is called a water birth. That is one of the big ways to deliver in my homebirth San Diego services.

Finally most people believe that it is definitely not safe to deliver a baby at home simply because there isn’t a doctor present.  But that isn’t the case.Most of the women who do real midwifery are of course medically trained and understand what are the things to do in an emergency. Most are licensed like the women in my San Diego home birth service.  This licensing requires a board to oversee their work and knowledge.

So hopefully you can now see that indeed having a baby at home isn’t as dangerous as people usually think.  If you are pregnant it is an option that might be wonderful for you.