Natural Home Birth Research Paper
Natural Birth: The Ultimate Sacrifice
Clarence Joe Walker
English 101 Section A
Galen College
Omar Rodriguez, MA
Abstract
Although it remains rare in the United States, planned home birth has drawn increasing attention and criticism in the mainstream media and has come under attack from organized medicine. Yet, recent peer-reviewed studies contribute to the evidence base supporting home birth as a safe option for low-risk women attended by skilled midwifes. I hope to achieve this with a thorough background of medical mistakes that has dehumanized the birthing process for women. It is the purpose of this paper to prove that home births are just as safe as hospital births in low risk women. Home birth …show more content…
The belief surrounding the policy of nothing by mouth is fear that a woman under general anesthesia will aspirate the stomach contents. Today general anesthesia has been replaced with epidural anesthesia, thus eliminating the use of general anesthesia and the chance of aspiration. The researchers of one study stated that eating and drinking in labor are not always a factor in maternal aspiration but faulty anesthesia administration almost always is ( Broach and Newton 1988). What is puzzling is that it is not humane to let a woman experience some pain during labor, but it is human to let her starve during a physically demanding process in her …show more content…
(1998). Food and Beverage in Labor. Part 2: The effects of cessation of oral intake during labor. Birth 15(2): 89-92
ChildBirth Connection. (2013) Cesarean Section: Why is the National U.S cesarean section so high? http://www.childbirthconnection.org/article.asp?ck=10456
Coburn, J. 2000. “Formula for Profit: How marketing breast milk substitutes undermines the health of babies.” Mothering July/August: 58-68
Cunningham, F, et al. 1997. Williams Obstetrics. Stamford, CT: Appleton and Lange.
Goer H. 1995. Obstetric Myths versus Research Realities. Westport, CT: Bergin and Garvey.
Hamilton B, Martin. J, Ventura S. Nov 2011. National Vital Statics Report. Birhts: Preliminary Data for 2010. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr60/nvsr60_02.pdf
Milos, M (1989). Infant Circumcision:“ What I Wish I Had Know”. The Truth Seeker. Vol. 1, No 3. San Diego, California.
Mitford J. 1992. The American Way of Birth. New York: Dutton
Northrup C. 1994. Women’s bodies: Women’s wisdom. New York: Bantam Books
Ritter, T. 1992. Say No to Circumcision! Aptos: Hourglass
Wertz R and Werts D. (1989). Lying-In: A History of Childbirth in America. New Haven: Yale University
Clarence Joe Walker
English 101 Section A
Galen College
Omar Rodriguez, MA
Abstract
Although it remains rare in the United States, planned home birth has drawn increasing attention and criticism in the mainstream media and has come under attack from organized medicine. Yet, recent peer-reviewed studies contribute to the evidence base supporting home birth as a safe option for low-risk women attended by skilled midwifes. I hope to achieve this with a thorough background of medical mistakes that has dehumanized the birthing process for women. It is the purpose of this paper to prove that home births are just as safe as hospital births in low risk women. Home birth …show more content…
The belief surrounding the policy of nothing by mouth is fear that a woman under general anesthesia will aspirate the stomach contents. Today general anesthesia has been replaced with epidural anesthesia, thus eliminating the use of general anesthesia and the chance of aspiration. The researchers of one study stated that eating and drinking in labor are not always a factor in maternal aspiration but faulty anesthesia administration almost always is ( Broach and Newton 1988). What is puzzling is that it is not humane to let a woman experience some pain during labor, but it is human to let her starve during a physically demanding process in her …show more content…
(1998). Food and Beverage in Labor. Part 2: The effects of cessation of oral intake during labor. Birth 15(2): 89-92
ChildBirth Connection. (2013) Cesarean Section: Why is the National U.S cesarean section so high? http://www.childbirthconnection.org/article.asp?ck=10456
Coburn, J. 2000. “Formula for Profit: How marketing breast milk substitutes undermines the health of babies.” Mothering July/August: 58-68
Cunningham, F, et al. 1997. Williams Obstetrics. Stamford, CT: Appleton and Lange.
Goer H. 1995. Obstetric Myths versus Research Realities. Westport, CT: Bergin and Garvey.
Hamilton B, Martin. J, Ventura S. Nov 2011. National Vital Statics Report. Birhts: Preliminary Data for 2010. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr60/nvsr60_02.pdf
Milos, M (1989). Infant Circumcision:“ What I Wish I Had Know”. The Truth Seeker. Vol. 1, No 3. San Diego, California.
Mitford J. 1992. The American Way of Birth. New York: Dutton
Northrup C. 1994. Women’s bodies: Women’s wisdom. New York: Bantam Books
Ritter, T. 1992. Say No to Circumcision! Aptos: Hourglass
Wertz R and Werts D. (1989). Lying-In: A History of Childbirth in America. New Haven: Yale University