Home Court Advantage

There are many reasons for choosing to have your baby with a Certified Professional Midwife Attended Birth at Home. Here are just a few of the "Home Court Advantage" benefits:

BENEFITS TO THE MOTHER, BABY, AND FAMILY

1. Midwifery is a safe, gentle, non-interventive approach to birth, unlike obstetrics which provide routine unnecessary, invasive, risky, and potentially dangerous interventions.

Note: Select this link to read the article Technology in Birth: First Do No Harm, By Marsden Wagner, MD, which shows that putting yourself in the hands of a high-tech doctor and a high-tech hospital does not guarantee you the safest birth.

2. The warm familiar home territory and freedom to choose your own birth options allows a "safe and secure" response which releases endorphins creating a sense of well being and providing natural pain relief. Just the opposite is true of the cold unfamiliar territory of a restrictive hospital or birthing center setting, which triggers the "fight or flight" response that releases excess adrenaline potentially stalling labor and creating tension and pain.

3. Freedom to move about, eat, drink, and choose your own birth options, including a labor pool or water birth.

Note: Select this link to see evidence that Electronic Fetal Monitors are associated with a higher rate of Cesarean deliveries, which increases surgical risks to mothers.

4. The mother and father are never separated from each other or from their baby, allowing for uninterrupted natural bonding.

5. No Epidural Anesthesia, Episiotomy, Fetal Monitors, or Vacuum Extraction / Forceps, are ever used.

Note: Select this link to read the article Drugs in Labor: What effects do they have? which shows that all drugs have unwanted side effects, including long term effects.

6. Since the homebirth mother is already immune to the bacteria in her own home, she avoids the potential contraction of infectious germs in a hospital or birthing center setting.

7. The Mother is helped to maintain low to moderate risk status through counseling, proper nutrition, and excellent prenatal care, thus avoiding unnecessary C/sections and other complications.

A WORD ABOUT CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL MIDWIVES

After extensive state approved schooling and a comprehensive apprenticeship, all Licensed Midwives (LM's) are Licensed by the State to legally practice midwifery (in Texas, New Mexico, and most US states). The title "Certified Professional Midwife" is a legally protected title that differentiates the midwife as also being certified by the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM), the only national organization that certifies direct entry or licensed midwives.

Although NARM certification is not a legal requirement, it does certify that your midwife has not only met the state requirements, but has also met additional educational requirements, received testimonials from peer midwives and from clients, demonstrated familiarity with and experience in all procedures of normal prenatal, delivery, and postnatal care, and has passed a written examination and complete skills requirement of NARM. A Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) will be able to show you her certificate or wallet card from NARM. Please call Dawn Cockrell, LM, CPM today for your free consultation and information packet!
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