Home Birth
Can I have a home birth in an apartment?
Can I have a home birth in an apartment?
Getting a Social Security Number for a Home Birth Baby
How do you get a social security number for a home birth baby?
Is homebirth safe?
There is a lot of talk about where it is safest place to give birth - hospital or via homebirth?
Homebirth Parent Supply List
If you are planning a homebirth you will need a few supplies. Here is a sample parents supply list for a homebirth.
Questions About Homebirth
Here are the answers to some of the common questions about homebirth, like "Isn't it messy?" and "What happens to the placenta..."
Homebirth Birth Stories
Stories of homebirth from women and families who have experienced homebirth.
Parents Supply List
A look at some of the basics supplies your practitioners may ask you to gather for the birth.
Birth Kits
Your birth kit will have things for your birth like cord clamps, baby hats, etc. Here is one example.
Birth Pictures of Lucky Number Seven
The birth pictures for baby number seven's homebirth with a midwife and siblings.
We're Having a Homebirth! - A Children's book by Kelly Mochel
We're Having a Homebirth! This children's book by Kelly Mochel is quick and simple, a great way to begin to introduce the concept of a homebirth to kids.
The Birth of Lucky Number Seven
The home birth of our seventh baby, with her siblings present.
Children at Birth
This week we discuss how to decide if you want older children at your next birth and how to prepare them for this experience.
Coping with Labor
Your guide to labor and birth coping techniques.
Natural Pregnancy/Birth Forum
A place to discuss plans for a natural pregnancy and birth.
Home Birth
In this interview, one home birthing mom, speaks up about issues like midwifery care, paying for a home birth and pain management in labor.
Baby At Home! "You're so brave."
One woman's discussion of her reasons for choosing a homebirth.
Birth Kit Supplies
A look at various birth kits and a midwifery discussion of the supplies you need to give birth at home.
The Home Birth Choice
From Midwifery Today, a look at the choices involved in having a homebirth, including your prenatal care,birth, types of midwives, etc.
Homebirth Safety/Advocacy
A discussion of the safety and advocacy issues of homebirth.
"Is Homebirth for You? 6 Myths About Childbirth Exposed"
An online version of the booklet produced by Friends of Homebirth. A pamphlet discussing some of the reasons why homebirth is safer than hospital birth for most healthy women.
Parents Share Information About Homebirth
A look at homebirth from the parents view point.
Safety of Homebirth
A doctor's collection of medical literature supporting the homebirth choice.
What midwives want from their clients.
This discussion from Midwifery Today on what you can do to help your midwife.
Who Can Have a Baby at Home?
Discussion of the risk factors that would "risk" a woman out for a home birth, from England.
American College of Nurse Midwives
Information on finding a midwife, what midwifery care is, and education of a midwife.
Online Birth Center
A comprehensive site for both the consumer and the midwifery advocate.
Legal Status of Midwifery
Homebirth is legal in all states, what may be legally unclear is who may attend you. Use this chart for reference, but ask your local practitioners.
Overdue and wanting a homebirth?
A great source of information for those who want a homebirth and are approaching the "overdue" status. Find out how to prevent yourself from being risked out. A great link to share with your practitioner.
Cascade Healthcare
Order their catalog for home birth supplies.