The experience of birth has changed and improved over the years. Due to technology, women have options such as, vaginal, cesarean, medicated, non-medicated, home or hospital births. Women have the option to choose what birth with affect their body and how it will. To some, natural birth means more to them then a medicated hospital experience. Having a C-section can save both the baby’s life and the mother’s due to complications. There are many advantages and disadvantages to the different kinds of births, so it important to meet the needs of the mother when she is in labor. There are many advantages and disadvantages to delivering a baby vaginally or by c-section. A vaginal delivery is when the baby is delivered through the vagina; it is
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The two most common places to deliver a baby are at the home of the family or in a hospital. If the mother decides she wants to deliver the baby in her home or in a birthing center she would have a midwife, someone who assists them during labor, delivery, and after birth. The advantages of having a home birth are a familiar environment that is comfortable to the family, freedom to move around, and it is less expensive. There are many disadvantages to having a home birth though due to the lack of close monitoring. It can be dangerous to the mother and the baby if there are any medical conditions, if the mom has previously had a C-section, is pregnant with multiples, baby is not head first, and if the mom is less than 37 weeks or more than 41 weeks. It is important for the midwife to know your body and the baby so, if it gets dangerous she knows how to handle the situation. The other option is delivering the baby at a hospital which allows close supervision and monitors. The advantages of being at a hospital is that the people caring for the mother and baby are certified and know what they are doing, the rooms and equipment are sterilized, they have all the instruments they need in case of an emergency, and the mother doesn’t have to have a plan of her delivery. There aren’t any major disadvantages to giving birth at a hospital but a few are, less freedom to do what you want, can’t eat or drink anything, and hooked up to machines that monitor the mother’s and baby’s
The two most common places to deliver a baby are at the home of the family or in a hospital. If the mother decides she wants to deliver the baby in her home or in a birthing center she would have a midwife, someone who assists them during labor, delivery, and after birth. The advantages of having a home birth are a familiar environment that is comfortable to the family, freedom to move around, and it is less expensive. There are many disadvantages to having a home birth though due to the lack of close monitoring. It can be dangerous to the mother and the baby if there are any medical conditions, if the mom has previously had a C-section, is pregnant with multiples, baby is not head first, and if the mom is less than 37 weeks or more than 41 weeks. It is important for the midwife to know your body and the baby so, if it gets dangerous she knows how to handle the situation. The other option is delivering the baby at a hospital which allows close supervision and monitors. The advantages of being at a hospital is that the people caring for the mother and baby are certified and know what they are doing, the rooms and equipment are sterilized, they have all the instruments they need in case of an emergency, and the mother doesn’t have to have a plan of her delivery. There aren’t any major disadvantages to giving birth at a hospital but a few are, less freedom to do what you want, can’t eat or drink anything, and hooked up to machines that monitor the mother’s and baby’s