WHEN Kate Randell and Chris Lockyer welcomed baby Mali, it happened in their comfortable family home.
The couple decided to have a homebirth because Ms Randell’s pregnancy was low-risk and, after nine years’ experience as a midwife, she knew she would feel more natural and relaxed in her own house.
… the couple were prepared with a homebirthing kit, including oxygen and advanced medical supplies, had a registered midwife on hand and were willing to go to hospital if there were any complications.
She said she would never have considered a home birth if she was having twins or the pregnancy was high-risk.
“With any high-risk pregnancy the best place is in a hospital, but with a low-risk, normal, healthy pregnancy and a labour where everything is going OK – it should be whatever the parents feel most comfortable with,” …
… “Most people don’t realise that all birth has risk and that babies die in hospital, too, not just at home,” …
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