Parenting - Home Birth vs Hospital birth

Homebirth or Hospital birth? In this episode, we share our experience with both and also talk about why we recommend doulas.

Show Notes

We talk about:

• Choosing a hospital, birth center, or homebirth
• Reasons you should consider a home birth
• Our hospital birth story
• Importance of hiring a doula 
• What is a Certified Professional Midwife
• Interviewing and choosing a midwife
• Storing cord blood
• Delayed cord clamping
• Placenta Encapsulation
• Cost of a homebirth
• Postpartum visits with a midwife

We recommend:

• The Business of Being Born
• Comparison chart of CNM, CM, CPM
• The BMJ Safety of Home Birth Study 
• CMAJ Outcomes of planned home birth vs hospital birth study
• Over the Top - Jonathan Van Ness
• Never Split the Difference - Chris Voss

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