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One of the things that women can choose when having a baby is how they will deliver the baby. What I meant with how they deliver is whether they deliver a baby in the hospital or at their own homes. Most women don’t know that they have a choice on how to deliver their babies because they think that giving birth at their own homes is dangerous.  But of course that safety has been questioned.  But with careful research they can see there is a lot of evidence to show that it is.

There are definitely critics who do not believe in the safety of a homebirth.  From my observations from my practice as a midwife in San Diego I have found it to be absolutely safe. The risks are the same either in a hospital or homebirth as I have witnessed from the 300 homebirths I have assisted in.The risks is not minimized whether you give birth at a hospital or at your homes.  But it also doesn’t raise those risks either.

So what are the risks of doing this method?  Well for one people worry if some complications occur.  They say the people who administer the homebirth usually aren’t nurses.  Well as a midwives San Diego we do know medical procedures.All the necessary equipments for the common complications of a chilbirth are always with us.  Naturally any serious complications would have to be addressed by a doctor.  But that isn’t any different then in a hospital. 

Homebirths are only recommended for women who have pregnancies that are low in risk.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 the reason why they make sure that all high risk pregnancies be delivered in a hospital.

It will be very hard to convince those people who are not keen on undergoing this method.But for the women who likes to try this method then they should know that this method is safe if not as safe as a delivery in the hospital.

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