Articles for tag: Hospital Birth, Midwife, Natural Birth

Karla News

Natural Birth with a Midwife vs. Hospital Birth

Giving birth is a wonderful, miraculous experience. Most mothers choose to give birth in a hospital knowing they will take good care of you, and if anything goes wrong, all the equipment is ready to go. You also get the dreaded but amazing epidural. I never really considered having a baby outside of the hospital ...

Karla News

Having a Natural Childbirth in the Hospital

In this day and age of “thinking green,” many women are opting to have their babies in the comforts of their own homes while other women are choosing to birth in maternity centers. Women are beginning to reclaim the birth experience as one of nature rather than a medical emergency. For women who want as ...

Karla News

Pregnancy 101: Packing for Labor

Prior to the birth of a child, one of the last concerns you may have is the expertise with which the hospital overnight bag is packed. Thanks to countless television enactments, parents-to-be often imagine a mad-dash to the hospital, woman screaming in agony, both fearing the child will need birthed in the car. Most energy ...

Karla News

10 Reasons to Consider Having a Homebirth

There are many reasons why more and more women are choosing to stay home and birth their babies rather than going in to the hospital when they are in labor. Below are 10 reasons’ I think a homebirth just makes more sense. 1. It’s cheaper. Overall homebirths are much cheaper than hospital births. Whether or ...

Karla News

Review of the Palomar Birth Center in Escondido

Both of my children were born at Palomar Hospital’s Birth Center in Escondido, my first daughter in 2000 and my son in 2006. Despite the excruciating pain of labor and delivery, both experiences at the birth center were wonderful from start to finish. The birth center at Palomar Hospital in Escondido, California features private labor ...