hey there everybody it's alice here i am a doula a child birth educator and this is
another one of those rapid style videos where we are taking the top questions from the internet
on a topic today is home birth and i'm going to see how many i can get through in the next
five minutes so the timer will start as soon as i hand over the questions to my assistant
is home birth legal tricky first question um it is legal in some areas and some areas they do not
uh certify midwives they don't make it legal states so different states different
provinces are different different areas of the world so uh really depends on where you live
how does home birth work so home birth is done the person that is the care provider at home
birth is a midwife usually vast majority of the time and there are two different types of midwives
that attend home births there are certified professional midwives there are certified uh there
are certified nurse midwives actually there's more than two sometimes you'll have lay midwives granny
midwives but most often it is a midwife that attends the home birth the person that will be
taking care of you in uh labor birth and prenatally and postpartum too what is home
birth like so home birth is um different from a hospital birth because there really isn't much
intervention that's done um so it's very natural oriented no pain medications usually using more
natural coping skills but other than that it's fairly similar to a hospital birth what do you
expect from a home birth so a home birth you would expect the care your care provider really to do
uh prenatal appointments just like you would do really with a uh ob or midwife in a hospital
still the same prenatal care um and then they when you're in labor uh your midwife joins you until
you have the baby and then stays uh for a certain amount of time after so um there is a lot of care
and a lot of time that goes into taking care of you for home breath what do you need for a home
birth so usually your midwife whoever's your care provider it will give you a list of supplies or
things to have on hand for a home birth sometimes you order a kit that comes online online um that
has any type of supplies that you might need a lot of people are interested in doing a water
birth when they have a home birth so they would rent or purchase a tub usually to give birth in
other than that what your midwife has other things just that you have around
the house like usually you need to have some towels fresh sheets things like that
how do you get a birth certificate the birth certificate again is one of those things that
really varies by where you live the good news is that your care provider can give you all of the
information that you need in order to go through the steps to get a birth certificate for your
child that is born at home when do you call your midwife so you call your midwife when
your midwife wants you to call them so if you are a first time home birther first time
person in labor you probably um will have your midwife join you when you were born in active
labor but if you've had a baby before your mid you call your midwife usually earlier so
that they have more time to get to you because sometimes those babies come a little bit faster
what if i need stitches so midwives are completely skilled in giving doing repair
for your perineum and usually come with all of or definitely come with everything they need to
do stitches if there was an extensive repair then you might have to transfer to the hospital
for that but that would be more on the rare side when do you fill the pool for home birth
so you would fill your pool when you are close to wanting to get in to the pool so
that's probably in an active labor situation um yeah can i have a home birth if i'm overdue
that really depends on the midwife so your midwife your care provider
usually has a list of sort of um restrictions that you have to fall in and you that can't opt you out
of a home birth so sometimes if you're overdue you do have to transfer care but not always which room
would i use for a home birth totally up to you i've seen home births in a nursery in a bedroom
in a family room totally open can you have a home birth for a second baby yes so a lot of people
like to have a home birth after they've given birth once it feels more comfortable because
it's less scary and unknown can you have a home birth with twins really depends on the midwife
um that is a huge variety whether or not home birth with twins is something that they would do
how do you prepare for a home birth well prepare for the home birth um is really work
with your midwife to make sure that you have the supplies and the setup and usually here
so we got to do as many as i could get to on home birth hope you found that helpful
and if you would like to see the rest of our rapid fire questions that we've done
uh make sure to check out this playlist here and i will see you guys next time bye
you