Why I Had A Homebirth

Preface: This post is the 1st in a series of "Why" posts. I don't feel I need to "defend" choices I make in my life, however, I know some of you wonder why, and usually I'm not articulate enough in person to tell you my reasoning when asked for it.

The link I'm about to share with you is pretty much everything I would ever say about why I had a homebirth (besides what I'm about to say ;). When I was pregnant and got asked the question "Which hospital are you giving birth at?" my stomach would turn to knots as I knew the blank stare of disbelief was about to occur-upon my utterance of "I'm having a homebirth." Following the blank stare would be "WHY?!" No, I didn't do it to be "different", to be "stubborn", or to be "brave." I did it simply because the most important thing to me during birth is my life and that of my child. "Isn't the safest place to birth a baby in a hospital?" No, it is not. Most of the "emergencies" that occur in a hospital were brought on by the interventions/inductions that were never truly needed in the first place. Pregnancy and labor is not a sickness or medical emergency that needs doctors and hospitals and medicines. It is a natural bodily function, as natural as going #2. Yes, really. While there is always exceptions to every case, the vast majority of women can give birth perfectly fine on their own (or with the assistance of a midwife).

I certainly don't feel that I am superior to any other woman on the planet who has given birth in any way she has chosen to do so, so please don't take any of this as an attack of any sort. Every mother cares about her baby and does the best she can with the knowledge she has at the time. I would know ZERO about everything you're about to read if my dear husband hadn't shared with me what someone had shared with him. So I may talk about birth a lot, but that's because my life was changed with the information and hopefully someone else's will be (sorta like the gospel, huh?) I was already more than halfway through my pregnancy, knew hardly anything about what lied ahead for me in the hospital and thought my dear husband was OUT OF HIS MIND if he thought I was going to give birth without an epidural. Well our journey of knowledge and the truth about birth in America began, and we never looked back.

The link is a tad long, but not unbearable, and well worth it in my opinion. :)

http://bringbirthhome.com/home-birth-safety/home-birth-brave-has-nothing-to-do-with-it/