Is a home birth safe? What happens if there is a complication?
Home birth is safe with well-trained midwifes present. If complications do arise, the midwives and assistants are trained in emergency care and have the same equipment available that you have at an LDR (labor and delivery room) at the hospital to resolve the problem quickly. The preventive healthcare we offer prevents most major complications from developing. Close monitoring of mother and baby allow any problems to be treated before they become true emergencies. On the rare occasion a complication arises that a midwife cannot treat, the woman is transferred to the hospital. Most transfers are not emergencies, and we transport in our own vehicles.