Posts by Buzzbuzz

"In the end, they would have been the ones held responsible if it had gone wrong."   I have seen some midwives advocating the position that by having a homebirth the parents are assuming responsibility for the outcome and she...

"What that says to me is that the midwives need to recognize the limits of their own experience and training. The fact that apparently, they do not do so and did not recognize or believe in the risks they were taking is significant,...

Failure to appropriately risk out, huh?   And people thought I was crazy to schedule a c-section for my mono/di twins. 

"Liberal_chick, I'm with you -- my gut feeling is, how can they tell me I have to have EFM or an IV only because I've had a previous C-section? I will do some more research, but I can't think of any relevant reason other than...

I thought the Netherlands study showed that midwives were having difficulty appropriately risking out patients?  I'll have to look at it again.

"Our city just saw a huge malpractice case over inadequate care for a HB transfer mother."   Was that the one where the trial judge excluded all evidence from the jury that the mother had attempted a homebirth?   The...

"In matched populations for risk (no identifiable risk factors), the maternal and fetal/newborn death rates should be the same."   I don't see how that can be true.  Won't OOH birth always have a slightly higher...

If I were in your shoes, this is what I would be doing (supposing that these resources are available in your area):   Hiring a therapist to give me strategies to deal with my fears (no doubt about it, it is scary to feel...

"Midwives are generally taught to talk to the baby or invite the mother to talk to the baby, keep the baby in skin-to-skin contact with the mother, and to leave the cord attached, in addition to the usual procedures."   I must...

I thought this was a bit interesting.  Colorado requires its midwives to report homebirth outcomes.  In its discussion of their outcomes, the state midwifery association notes:   "Based on numerous studies already...