HOMEBIRTH NSW

why choose a homebirth

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“Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers - strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength.”
- Barbara Katz Rothman

WHY GIVE BIRTH AT HOME?

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HOMEBIRTH IS BEING ABLE TO BIRTH WHERE AND WITH WHOM YOU ARE COMFORTABLE
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There are many reasons why women may choose a Homebirth, some of these include:
  • personalised, continuous care from a midwife
  • care in the comfort of her own home
  • birth in comfortable, familiar surroundings
  • decreased need for interventions & drugs
  • women can choose who is present at their birth
  • no separation from their baby, partner/children
  • less risk of infection (no foreign bacteria)
  • freedom to do what she wants – dance, sing, scream, walk around or submerge in water
  • Mothers & babies have improved outcomes
  • Improved breastfeeding rates
  • trusting, one-on-one relationships
  • Cultural/Spiritual birth rituals as required
  • much higher vaginal birth after caesarean rates

​Expanding midwife-led models of care and publicly funded homebirth services will take women and their babies out of Australian hospitals, free up beds for our ageing population, provide a cost saving to government and deliver better health outcomes and greater satisfaction to birthing mothers.

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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • OUR 'HERSTORY'
    • MEET THE TEAM >
      • HBNSW TEAM
  • HOMEBIRTH 101
    • WHY CHOOSE A HOMEBIRTH
    • HOMEBIRTH RESEARCH & EVIDENCE
    • PREPARING FOR A HOMEBIRTH
    • HOMEBIRTH IN NSW
    • CHOOSING A MIDWIFE
    • HOMEBIRTH RESOURCES
  • EVENTS
  • CAMPAIGNS
    • Professional Indemnity Insurance
    • Medicare For Homebirth
    • GP Referral Refusal
    • Publicly Funded Homebirth
  • BLOG
  • Midwives
  • Doulas
  • SERVICES
    • LOCAL HOMEBIRTH SUPPORT GROUPS
    • PHOTOGRAPHERS
  • MEMBERSHIP
    • PARTNERS
  • Member Login
  • PARTNER WITH US