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A Beautiful Unassisted Childbirth Story

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This personal unassisted childbirth story was found at www.theage.com.au on May 27, 2007. An excerpt:

“For Clare Morrissey, her planned freebirth, at home without any medical assistance, was “absolutely beautiful”. After two hospital births, both with epidurals, and her third at a birthing centre, Mrs Morrissey decided to have a homebirth free of any help from a doctor or midwife.

It’s a huge responsibility to have a freebirth, and with that comes a lot of research, information and knowing what you are going into,” Mrs Morrissey said. “Had we not felt confident we had that knowledge and ability we wouldn’t have done it. One of the biggest responsibilities is knowing that if anything goes wrong, to go to the hospital.”

Click here to read the full story at www.theage.com.au

This is one of the more important points I want to make to anyone considering an unassisted childbirth or freebirth. When choosing this method you are exchanging intrusive, painful and harmful hospital and midwife interventions for total responsibility. When you choose to birth alone you are choosing to take responsibility for unforeseen circumstances.

That means among other things that you need to know abnormal signs to look for, when you better get to the hospital in a hurry and how to perform infant CPR. One of the things that makes unassisted childbirth such a realistic option in western countries is our unlimited access to prenatal information, our knowledge of basic hygiene and our proximity to emergency healthcare. While UC is a very safe, calm and non-violent option for childbirth it still requires a certain amount of education and preparation.

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