tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322881646300072378.post8385141248120226455..comments2023-09-06T03:24:24.433-05:00Comments on Mama Em: Alternative Birth Center BenefitsMamaEmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16479514627357122709noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322881646300072378.post-86532460093213748582010-09-16T11:22:10.231-05:002010-09-16T11:22:10.231-05:00Interesting. I have mixed feelings about this most...Interesting. I have mixed feelings about this mostly due to experiences from friends. One friend had her first child at an alternative birth center and found her experience to similar to that of giving birth in a factory. She had excellent midwives and so on but just felt the place was so focued on getting the babies delievered that they didn't really focus on mom. Her next child she had a really small local hospital with her midwife in attendance. She found the experience so much more satisfying. She had wanted to have a homebirth but they are illegal where she lives. Anyhow her experience as well as some of my other friends with similar stories actually have totally dumbfounded me as I would have thought otherwise. If we ever do have another child I'm hoping for a homebirth so I'm totally not interested in using any medical intervention unless necessary. Still there are some things to consider. In my moms group of 40+ women, most of them delivered at big name birthing centers and nearly every single one had some major medical intervention. The few of us that delivered at the no-name, local hospital seemed to have much more positive experiences.... and who would have thought? <br /><br />Thanks for sharing! (I've been meaning to write a comment but it's hard when the little lady doesn't want to nap!)Revshttp://www.cranmoms.com/noreply@blogger.com