Its mine too.

definitely my favorite!

Doggo looks so happy calm and relieved in it! You can see pride in his eyes and joy, it's just awesome. My fiancee always stubbornly (and jokingly) says that animals don;t have facial expressions, this one proves his soo wrong!

YES!! I love how proud he looks, like.. "My hooman made this."

Absolutely beautiful. (I'm not crying. YOU'RE crying!)

It's perfect.

yeah that gives goosebumps

Like you, I am a little torn on this topic. On the one hand, pregnancy and childbirth are natural, normal events that have been going on for thousands of years with only midwives to lend a helping hand. At the same time, pregnancy and childbirth are the most dangerous thing a woman can do to her body. Even today, the US maternal mortality and morbidity rates, less than 30 out of 100,000, are double that of Iran, Libya and Turkey. WHO reports that half of those deaths are preventable, and cite inconsistent standards in hospitals to handle obstetric emergencies. While the author has said the mother had been deemed low risk and lived a block from the hospital, anything that went wrong would have been traumatic for all involved, especially for the child who was witnessing the birth. Glad for this family that all went well.

Its not a thing its been done since before hospitals where a thing. She actually lives a block away from our hospital and the birthing center is right next to it. Ive never had a home birth turn into something dangerous only hospital ones that have ended up scaring me.i get where your coming from but Each mother should choose the birthing plan they want and no one should judge. The dog didn't really deliver the baby trained midwifes did.

The reason mother/infant mortality has been reduced over the centuries has a lot more to do with medical EDUCATION than the existence of hospitals and clinics. That's why in most western countries, you are required to have a nurse-midwife present at your planned home birth. In the US, however, many states say you can have a "certified professional midwife" - this is someone who is not even required to have more than a high school diploma. In states where CPM attendance is not legal, many just practice outside the law. And yes, the rate of infant mortality is higher in the US than in other western countries. In Canada for example, where nurse-midwives are required, there is no difference in the rate of infant mortality in hospital birth versus planned home birth.

Home births are massively popular? I don't know which country you're from, but the UK I know lots of woman who've had them. They have to have had a complication free pregnancy and be deemed low risk for the birth, but so long as they meet the criteria they're good to go. Many find them more relaxing which turn makes the chances of things going wrong less likely.

No, you're not out of sync. Not only that, it's not normal for mentally balanced people to document their lives for the consumption of strangers.

Anyone who plans on a home birth always has a back-up hospital plan if there is complications. Midwives and Doula's are trained and then know if there is something going on that they can't handle.

Giving birth isn't an illness.

It's not "insanely dangerous", if both mother and child are healthy and pregnancy is normal. Many studies even say it's better for women: labour is something you should do while being related and not full od stress and when you are in hospital it's itself very stressful. It's bad for labour. I wouldn't myself decide for home birth (to scared something could go wrong, event if it's very small chance) I would like my labour to be at home-like condition: with midwife I trust, without unnecessary medical things done to me (in hospital they usually do mamy things like that), related and no stressful. And without doctors telling me when to push or to lie down when I want to walk.

Bause having a photographer and sharing pics with the whole world is more important

No one is allowed to judge the mother’s birth plan, and also, she has medically trained doctors prepared for the worst by her side.

My sister-in-law (a nurse) told me to check out having the birth at home. It was tempting, but I was 40 with my first pregnancy and 43 (and with gestational diabetes) with my second. I preferred to be at the hospital just in case. But that's not the only way to have a baby. People have options, and once their condition is evaluated they should choose which would be the best for them.

Thousands of babies are delivered at home in the United States. These are low-risk pregnancies, and their doctor is on board in having approved it. Doulas are highly trained midwives who know what to do in the event of a breach birth or if a cord is wrapped around the baby's neck. Given the problems with infections in hospitals, meaning the deadly MRSA and strep, parents have more faith and feel home birth is safer.

If I were to choose where to give birth, I'd definately go for a home one. I'd rather my closest family (partner, mom, cats) to be around, than an army of unfamiliar people to whom I'd be just another in line. Then again, I know if I will have a child one day, I will have to go to the hospital for delivery and as much as I know they have professional equipment and trained staff, it scares the hell out of me. Especially when I read all the "Hospital treated me awfully" child birth stories.

Also, the doulas and midwives will not take on any cases if the mom and baby aren't healthy. If something does go wrong, then u call the ambulance. These doulas and midwives are pretty well educated if something does go wrong. If ur needing a c-section, I wouldn't have a home birth or one of them. They wouldn't take the patient. But to answer ur question, if it all goes well, its pretty safe. I've personally know friends and family that have has births are home and they love it! So many different reasons why they had decided on home births.

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what do you think people did before there were hospitals, its completely normal and safe.

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You really should have considered being a little more information before you posted this comment.

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Home birthstone are actually have been popular since the beginning of time especially when there were no hospitals or any near by.

people should keep their birth photographs private - the whole world does not need to see them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

I agree

ps - i love the happy after pics of the beautiful baby and it's dog - but thought the photograph in the birthing pool with the blood was too much to have shared

Really? We now s**t all over people's happiness and are cynical a******s? What have we become? Must every single negative thought and opinion be posted for as many up votes as we can get?

I'm all grown up and I still learn new things all the time. Never stop learning! ^_^

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until it finds you dead on the floor and starts eating you

nah, these people choose their dogs over their kids, so don't worry.

Other children shouldnt be present at births - it's messy traumatic and loads of blood.let them enjoy the great memories of their first meeting with a sibling - cleaned up, parent and child smiling - not screaming

Who knows that was the dog of their first birth he was older and not as active as ranger Not the one at the second.