[CharliMarley]

This is so sad that a home-birther has died during a home birth, or after she was taken to hospital, when things began to go wrong. What are your thoughts about home birth?

This post has been edited by Therese: 03/02/2012, 05:44 PM

Reason for edit: to change title

[3_for_me]

I think it is a tragedy that a mum died during childbirth, but women die in hospitak in childbirth too it just isnt as widely publicised. Unless there was negligence in the part of her caregivers(which could also happen in a hospital setting) given the small amount ipof info available it cant be put down to homebirth being to blame.

[Lizzette]

My thoughts are that until the details are known it is pointless to speculate about what happened. The assumption seems to be that the woman died because she birthed at home. We have no idea if this is true or not. We actually have no idea why the woman died at all or whether it would have made a difference if she was in hospital. The fact that she chose to birth at home may in fact have had nothing to do with her death.

I also think this thread is going to get ugly.

[la di dah]

I think it's sad she died. What else is there to think?

[beaglebaby]

My sympathy to the family and all who knew and loved this dedicated Mum. I hope they are given the privacy to grieve this huge loss.

There is already a thread about this on another part of the boards.

[~Nodnol~]

I think we wouldn't be discussing it at all if it were a maternal death in a hospital. I also think the media need to leave the family alone and let them grieve in peace.

[Guest_Descentia_*]

I think it is incredibly sad for her family.

I think it is also sad that regardless of how or why she died it will be used as a case against home birth when she was obviously very passionate about it.

I truly hope that the home birth factor had no bearing on her death.

[Crodka]

Very sad. It also doesnt mean that if she had of given birth in hospital she would still be here.
I will never try homebirth even after my first as simply anything can go wrong and need lots of medical help. Lots of women and babies used to die giving birth, I dont want to risk more than I have to.

[Poss and Soss]

My thoughts about home birth?

1.) Not for me - I most certainly felt more comfortable in a hospital setting with an Obs. The idea of giving birth at home gives me the heebie jeebies!!

2.) It is the choice some people make - and given some people want this mode of care then it makes sense, to me, that the Government fund more HB schemes / assist private midwives to be insured / streamline transfer protocols for when there are complications.

[Hausfrau]

In the words of the head of obstetrics, at the hospital I did my antenatal care with "pfft, and women don't die in hospital now?" We lose more women and babies in hospital than we do at home". In response to me telling him that my GP told me I would die and my baby would die at home. The OB (who had over 25 years experience) encouraged me to home birth and was incredibly positive about it.

It is incredibly sad but I still support (and LOVE) home birth.

A few months ago there was a baby who supposedly died at home. I had radom people PM me on facebook saying that home birth was dangerous for some odd reason (my HB baby was 18 months by this time). The story going around was that the baby died at home, then the baby died at the hospital shortly after transfer. Then the REAL story came out- an few hours into labour the mother transfered for pain relief, laboured in the hospital for another 6 hours and then died during pushing. So despite all the hysteria, home birth wasn't to blame. Really that birth was no different to what the hospital adivises most mothers- labour at home and come in when the pain gets too much.