There are many studies that have been done to date to try to know if home birth was safe or not, especially after the increase in women who opt for that possibility, largely in response to a little hospital care Respectful and in some cases violent and even insulting.
Some have revealed that it was more dangerous than hospital birth and others that it is at least as safe, and this is what the British Service for Excellence in Care and Health (NICE) should think, because they have decided start recommending home births for women to have that option.
So far only 1 in 10 women give birth at home and consider giving birth at home or in a unit under the supervision of a midwife, and not a doctor, is safer. Now, for this to happen, two requirements must be met: that the woman has already given birth on some other occasion and has not had complicated deliveries. Come on, that really the recommendation is for those women who they are already mothers and they have a normal pregnancy. Apparently, these women account for 45% of the total deliveries they currently attend.
This is a change in speech because until now they were very cautious with the message they sent to women regarding the safety of home births. As a consequence, only 3% of births in the country happened at home. Now, seeing that there is evidence that shows that home birth is safe in the cases discussed above, they have decided to add it as an option for mothers.
If the pregnancy is going well and there is no data that can suggest that there will be problems in childbirth, it is recommended that the woman give birth in the hospital with the sole supervision of a midwife. If, in addition, the woman has already been a mother, then childbirth can happen at home.
Obviously, the final choice is for women, it is very possible that there are those who meet the requirements but prefer to give birth in a hospital. In part I understand, well in England there are many more options than here and often women have bathtubs, areas to dilate and give birth more welcoming than the typical hospital room, etc. In this we have a few years of advantage, and in attention I think so, so it seems normal that a woman prefers to go to the hospital and it seems great that now women have more options to give birth at home or in Hospital.
The only question I have left, and I hope it is not so, is whether all this responds to a secondary interest. The cuts in health, as I have read these last days, are doing a lot of damage there, and this movement could respond to an attempt to save expenses by moving many home deliveries. But beware, it is a doubt of a malpensado like me. Don't pay much attention to me.
