Home or hospital birth aside there is no way I’d want just anyone to be able to see me give birth.

SO brave of this mum to post an educational piece online, well live stream is not just brave it’s bold.

Wow! So brave. I would never have a birth without a midwife present unless bubs just decided they wanted out!

Lucky for her it went perfect. I cant believe how effortless she made it look. I was almost in tears pushing

Oh I don’t understand people these days. What if something went wrong every pregnancy is different.and to even record it to show everyone is on a whole new level. Lucky the baby and mother are fine

I would much prefer to have medical intervention there, my children being safe are my priority not whether or not they delay cord clamping, my last two children would not have survived if not for medical intervention

I’m glad that mum and bub are fine but there could have been catastrophic ramifications if there were complications. She should of at least called a paramedic to assist with the birth

My nana gave birth to my auntie on the bed at home with no help. I wouldn’t encourage people to do it though. I made sure I didn’t go to the hospital until I was about to start pushing, that way they can’t interfere but they are there if you need them…which unfortunately we did because baby needed oxygen for 2 minutes and i haemorrhaged a couple of hours later and lost a decent amount of blood.

not something that should be encouraged

I really hate women who think this is ok to do, what if something was happened and it was livestream. Glad it all went well

This is so dangerous. Imagine if she had complications?!

What makes her think that anyone would want to see that? There are plenty of birthing videos out there already. And honestly, we have babies in hospital for a reason…

I get why she did it and it was her fourth child so she had been through it before. I get why most women feel safer going to hospital, especially for their first. We seem to forget that women used to give birth at home all the time, especially in rural areas usually with a midwife present. That midwife was quite often a neighbour that had given birth herself many times and helped other women. My grandmother had 11 children , 7 were born on the farm, some while on her own in the paddock and the rest were born in hospital. My grandad actually pushed her in a wheel barrow over 3kms from the farm to the hospital while she was in labour.

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  • • Blossom replied
    • 29 Mar 2019 , 9:48 pm

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  Maybe, but how many babies were stillborn or only lived for a few hours or a couple of days. I know my Great Grandma either 3 or 4 days that were either stillborn or passed away within 2 days. Some lived only hours.

As the saying goes, only in America. I wouldn’t feel safe going alone. There are professionals for a reason

It’s not something I feel is safe. I wonder how many people were watching just to see if something went wrong!

all I can say is why? – risk your baby, your health and to livestream it! If you want to film it yourself thats fine but don’t share it with the world!

I think it’s mad to do this at home I don’t agree did she think about possible complications

I love giving birth in hospitals, I just feel so much safer! I have had pretty good experiences, especially my last labour. Midwife was lovely and caring of what I wanted.
It is a bit misleading to say that it’s what our bodies are made to do” as a reason to give birth at home. Yes it is, but there are so many women and babies who die in countries where medical help is non existent.
Little things like too much blood loss could kill you, but mostly it doesn’t as doctors can fix that problem.
I am so thankful for midwifes and doctors who have worked hard at helping women safely deliver babies.

Seems such a personal video to share.

An unassisted birth …. why, just why? She’s lucky all went well.

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 29 Mar 2019 , 5:37 am

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  I think this mum needs some support to deal with the trauma from the birth of her first child. It can be difficult to overcome trauma – poor mum.