How will you choose to deliver your baby?

What are your options when faced with this decision?

Three options are available to you depending on you and your babies health.

1. Choose to have a home delivery assisted by a Midwife
2.Aim for a normal delivery in hospital with medical intervention and methods of pain relief available.
3.A Caesarian Section

HOME DELIVERY

This an option for you if you have optimum health and our having a healthy uneventful pregnancy.
The advantage of this option is that you feel happy and comfortable in your own home. Things will not be overpowering. The process of childbirth is not medicalised. You are able to have a drug free labour and delivery at your own pace and without pressure. I'll discuss methods for pain relief in another post later.

NORMAL DELIVERY

If you prefer to know that medical assistance is not far away you can opt to have a normal delivery in hospital. The advantage is that should you decide to have medical forms of pain relief you can do so.
The disadvantage is that studies at various hospitals show increased use of medical interventions.
They way to have the safety of a hospital and still aim for a natural delivery is to devise a birth plan.

CEASARIAN SECTION

This is sometimes necessary if the mother  are the baby are at risk. A ceasarian is either performed electively or as an emergency. An elective Ceasarian section is when a problem has been identified prior to mom going into labour.An example of this could me a multiple pregnancy , Very high blood pressure , possibly a breech presentation. Some Dr.s are unwilling to do breech deliveries due to litigation.
At times an emergency ceasarian section needs to be performed. An example of this is is where the baby in in distress. This is identified by the babies heart rate being reduced