Finigan Valerie, Chadderton Diane
Pract Midwife. 2015 Jun;18(6):27-30.
The birth of a baby is a family experience. However, in the United Kingdom birth often occurs outside the family environment, in hospital. Both home and hospital births have risks and benefits, but research shows that, for most women, it is as safe to give birth at home as it is in hospital. Women report home-birth to be satisfying with lowered risks of intervention and less likelihood of being separated from their family. It is also more cost effective for the National Health Service. Yet, whilst midwives are working hard to promote home birth as an option, it remains controversial. The aim of this paper is to raise awareness of the safety of home birth and the needs of women and midwives when a home birth is chosen. It provides an overview of care required and the role of the midwife in the ensuring care is woman-centred and personalised.
婴儿的出生是一种家庭体验。然而，在英国，分娩通常发生在家庭环境之外的医院。家庭分娩和医院分娩都有风险和益处，但研究表明，对大多数女性来说，在家分娩与在医院分娩一样安全。女性报告称，在家分娩令人满意，干预风险降低，与家人分离的可能性也较小。对国民医疗服务体系来说，这也更具成本效益。然而，尽管助产士在努力推广家庭分娩这一选择，但它仍然存在争议。本文旨在提高人们对家庭分娩安全性的认识，以及选择家庭分娩时女性和助产士的需求。它概述了所需的护理以及助产士在确保护理以女性为中心和个性化方面的作用。
