Comments on: Why I Chose a Homebirth http://breastfeedingworld.org/2015/08/why-i-chose-a-homebirth/ Spreading the Breastfeeding Love, One Latch at a Time Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:42:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 By: Teresa http://breastfeedingworld.org/2015/08/why-i-chose-a-homebirth/#comment-121 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 04:58:53 +0000 http://breastfeedingworld.org/?p=645#comment-121 The saying you quoted was something I said in my head about how I felt after watching videos. It was not to bash any hospital birth or other women. If you read my first post and understood my tone of reading you could realize I had gone through A LOT of people calling me crazy for the way I gave birth and my point exactly is that I did what was right for me. It is obviously not for everyone and that was never implied. Thank you.

]]> By: Renata http://breastfeedingworld.org/2015/08/why-i-chose-a-homebirth/#comment-107 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 18:00:18 +0000 http://breastfeedingworld.org/?p=645#comment-107 I think this would be a more impactful post if it were told without disparaging those who made a different choice than the author (“A part of me wondered what kind of crazy you had to be to chose a hospital bed over the birthing pool.”). There are numerous reasons why one might choose to give birth in a hospital, and if the author doesn’t understand that, she’s maybe not quite as informed as she thinks.

It’s important to be open-minded and consider others’ perspectives in addition to your own. One of my three children was born with a severe medical issue that, had a neonatal intensive care unit not been IMMEDIATELY available to her at birth, would have killed her. At that moment, I was beyond thrilled to have chosen a hospital for my birthing location.

Congratulations on the healthy birth of your daughter and on making the choice that was right for you! I think most pregnant women and mothers are just trying to do the best they can for themselves and their children. 🙂

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