“What precautions, if any, are taken in ‘freebirth’?”
All sort of different precautions are invovled in preaparing for a home birth. First and foremost is education about the birth process itself, and huge online chat rooms exist to help women with peer education. Mothering Magazine has perhaps the most popular chat room.
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/forumdisplay.php?f=306
Here is the chat for the women talking about this documentary tonight:
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=979184
For me focusing on spiritural as well as physical preparation was the key to my successful home birth. Here is the link to my birth video (not graphic!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXuZs1PvkB0
Jenny
Thank you for the links, I’ll check them out.
What about emergency medical need?
I had severe toxemia and my organs were shutting down. Only way to stop it was an emergency c-section. I was in ICU for 3 days post birth and on anti-seizure meds for 6 months. My daughter’s alive - and a lovely young woman, sophomore in college and voting republican in her first election.