Home Birth in Scotland

Have you considered having a home birth?A few generations ago, birth was moved from primarily the home into the hospital. We are now facing record high numbers of medical interventions in birth including caesarean sections and instrumental deliveries. The research is clear that for "low risk" pregnancies home birth is just as - if not more - safe than hospital birth.Home birth is on the rise in Scotland, but still only makes up just over 1% of all births. Why?In this episode Suzanne speaks with women who have recently given birth at home, midwives who work in a dedicated home birth team, and the Chief Midwifery Officer for Scotland to explore the reality of home birth in Scotland.We discussreasons for choosing a home birthhaving your first baby at homehome birth to avoid the cascade of interventionusing hypnobirthing, and how that works well with home birthgovernment strategy supporting choice of place of birthhow midwives work in a dedicated home birth teamwhat the midwifery care is like for a home birthhow choosing a home birth results in less fragmented carepracticalities of preparing for a home birthpain relief at homehaving other children, or pets, at your birththe postpartum care at homebirth as a mainstream choicethe safety of home birth from the midwifery perspectiverecommendations for choosing home birthThe mothers on this podcast were Laura Somers and Simone Bowie.The midwives were Diane Cunningham, Jenni Conway and Rachel Heron and they work in the Ayrshire and Arran Home Birth team.The Chief Midwifery Officer for Scotland is Justine Craig.Send us Fan MailYou can support this podcast here:https://buymeacoffee.com/motherhealSuzanne's website - podcast, blog, booking and resources:www.motherheal.comSuzanne is mother.heal on InstagramSuzanne is at Suzanne.mother.heal on Facebookmusic by Shooglenifty with Dhun Dhora https://www.shooglenifty.com/The Mother Podcast is produced by Garry Finlayson and Suzanne Maier