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When the question, why would some one choose to give birth at a birth center, my first response, is freedom. The mom gets to choose her position to labor in, or if she wants to labor in the water or deliver in the water. Our sanijet tubs are often referred to as the midwifes epidural.
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Greenville is a city in South Carolina. It’s home to the Greenville County Museum of Art, with works by Southern artists spanning several centuries. Exhibits at the Upcountry History Museum tell the story of upstate South Carolina. Falls Park on the Reedy has riverside gardens, a suspension bridge and waterfall views. Multi-use trails wind around lakes and hills in Paris Mountain State Park, north of the city.
Giving birth is a special day for every woman. It's a day that when labor pains become a moment of joy and pleasure. It's an event that brings about the birth of not just one but two individuals—the birth of a child and a mother. It is indeed the bravest thing only women can do. This is why we at Labors of Love salute all the mothers in the world for their bravery, their love and especially for their gift of giving life.
"Birth may be a matter of a moment. But it is a unique one."-- Frederick Leboyer. The ability to give birth is the best gift that most women possess. That's why many women believe that birth should be a natural process among human beings. Woman now are open to the idea of natural birth, and every woman has the right to choose how she will deliver her baby. We at Labors of Love wanted to help our future mothers to give them the birth experience that they want.
A good and healthy pregnancy is important for every successful delivery. Here at Labors of Love, we care about your and your child's
The pregnancy of a woman and the birth of her child are two moments in life that should be held dear to our hearts. It is especially important that during these times, mothers-to-be are comfortable and given the choice on how they bring about their little miracles. Labors of Love Birth Center gives mothers that choice.
A woman knows her body the best, more so with an expecting mother. She knows what she's comfortable with and feels right for her. This is an important factor that the staff at Labors of Love Birth Center in South Carolina considers as they work together during labor to provide mothers with the best assistance they need.
Why Homebirth?
In most cultures throughout history, women have given birth at home. The majority of women worldwide continue to birth their babies in non-hospital settings today. In many cultures birth is viewed as an integral part of family life. The advent of obstetrics in this century had a tremendous effect on childbirth customs in the United States. The birthing process became segregated from mainstream family life. Many were led to believe that the only safe birth was a hospital birth. Though doctors and hospitals took credit for statistics that indicated that birth was more successful than in previous centuries, in reality better nutrition, hygiene and disease control improved outcomes. Even today US statistics don’t support the premise that the only safe birth is a hospital birth. The US ranks 28th among industrialized nations for healthy births, at 7.0 infant deaths per 1000 births. (These data were based on 2002 statistics from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau: US Department of Health and Human Services.) Hospitals have never been proven a safe place to have a baby.
By the 1950s, most births in the US were taking place in hospitals. Cesareans, epidurals and heavy doses of pain medication became the norm. Women were denied feeling and experiencing birth through their bodies, and the drugs were having adverse effects on mothers and babies.
In the 1960s and ’70s, women began to question and challenge the way obstetricians were treating them—as though childbirth were a sickness. Women began to reclaim their power, and the homebirth movement was born.
The 1990s became a time of maternity awareness. People were concerned with making all of pregnancy and birth a family experience. Today, a carefully monitored homebirth has been proven to be very safe and successful for women who have been helped to stay low-risk through nutrition and good prenatal care. (See Johnson,K.C., and B.A. Daviss. 2005. Outcomes of planned home births with certified professional midwives: large prospective study in North America. BMJ 330: 1416)
Considerations:
A mother choosing a homebirth must, above all else, deeply desire to give birth at home. Even though a homebirth can save money, cost alone is not sufficient motivation. The most successful homebirthers are highly committed and trust their body’s natural ability to birth. They devote time and energy to finding the right birth practitioner, doing their own research and taking care of themselves.
For some mothers, the prospect of being at home in familiar surroundings provides tremendous comfort and reassurance. Others may feel uneasy that more technical medical assistance isn’t at hand. With a skilled midwife and a non-meddlesome approach, homebirth is safer.
Families that choose homebirth may be confronted by family members and friends who, conditioned by a society afraid of out-of-hospital births, challenge their decision, feeling it is both unwise and unsafe. Again, a strong inner commitment is required to stand up for the right to birth as the family chooses. Showing family members the evidence is sometimes helpful.
A Brief History of Midwifery
Midwife means “with woman.” Traditionally, women have attended and assisted other women during labor and birth. As modern medicine emerged in the West, birth fell into the realm of the medical. Since women were barred from attending medical schools, men became the birth practitioners. Having never had a baby themselves, they were unable to approach women and childbirth with the inner knowledge and experience of a woman. Childbirth became viewed as pathological rather than natural. Medical techniques and interventions that were unnecessary and often dangerous became commonplace.
During the 1960s and ’70s, along with the women’s movement and renewed interest in homebirth, the midwifery movement rekindled. It has been growing steadily ever since. Midwives are becoming more and more involved with birthing families and have been instrumental in redefining birth as a natural event in women’s lives. Midwifery empowers women and their families throughout pregnancy and birth.