Giving Birth At Home

Giving Birth “In Place”: A Guide to Emergency Preparedness for Childbirth
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EDITOR'S NOTE
What can midwives do to help women who are at risk of giving birth without a trained attendant? The following document from the American College of Nurse-Midwives is available on the ACNM web site at http://www.midwife.org/focus/inplace.cfm, and although written for families in developed countries, the content can be adapted to any setting. This document can be used as a patient handout or it can be used by health care providers who are not
experienced in attending births.

While most women do not go into labor during emergencies and most of those who do can get to a hospital or birth center, women and their families should know what to do if travel is not possible. Being prepared can help. The information here includes a list of supplies and directions for managing a normal labor and delivery while taking shelter in place.

This is not a "do-it-yourself" guide for a planned home birth, nor is it all the information you need for every emergency. It is not meant to replace the knowledge and skills of a doctor or midwife. The information is a basic guide for parents-to-be who wish to be ready in case they have to give birth before they can get to a hospital or birth center. ... continued at link above ....

Wilderness Medicine and Disaster Preparedness
http://disastermedicine-christine.blogspot.com/2009/11/delivering-babies-so-grizzled.html

First, in this post I am going to discuss the things that you should have on hand in order to perform an emergent delivery. (Emergent delivery: if you are in a situation where in you can't contact 911 or are unable to get the laboring mother to a hospital in time.) (Continued at link, above)

Here's another one by the same author (above):

Wilderness Medicine and Disaster Preparedness
http://disastermedicine-christine.blogspot.com/2010/01/incoming-eminent-delivery-part-1.html

Incoming: Eminent Delivery, Part 1

Excerpt: The following is just a snip from this article. Please go to link, above to read in it's entirety:

::::::WARNING: Due to the graphic nature of some of the images and videos of, there is some medical and anatomical details that may be not appropriate for children.:::::::::::

Go to link, above for a GREAT blog on home delivery, which includes a video. A 'must have' for your medical binder!

Emergency Childbirth
http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/milmed/childbirth.pdf

13 page PDF

A Joint publication of the Department of Defense, Office of Civil Defense and the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Reprinted December, 1970

EMERGENCY CHILDBIRTH

What to Do

   1. Let nature be your best helper. Childbirth is a very natural act.
   2. At first signs of labor assign the best qualified person to remain with mother.
   3. Be calm; reassure mother.
   4. Place mother and attendant in the most protected place in the shelter.
   5. Keep children and others away.
   6. have hands as clean as possible.
   7. Keep hands away from birth canal.
   8. See that baby breathes well.
   9. Place baby face down across mother's abdomen.
   10. Keep baby warm
   11. Wrap afterbirth with baby.
   12. Keep baby with mother constantly.
   13. Make mother as comfortable as possible.
   14. identify baby.


What NOT to Do

1. DO NOT hurry.
2. DO NOT pull on baby, let baby be born naturally.
3. DO NOT pull on cord, let the placenta (afterbirth) come naturally.
4. DO NOT cut and tie the cord until baby AND afterbirth have been delivered.
5. DO NOT give medication.
DO NOT HURRY -- LET NATURE TAKE HER COURSE> If it becomes necessary for families to take refuge in fallout shelters, there will undoubtedly be a number of babies born under difficult conditions and without medical assistance. Every expectant mother and the members of her family should do all they n to prepare for emergency births. They will need to know what to do and what to have ready. (See" Expectant Mothers Emergency Childbirth Kit.") ---- Continued at link above ----

Including:

   Special Safeguards
   Preparations
   Stages of labor
   Change of Feeling
   Moment of Birth
   Cutting the Cord
   Third Stage of Labor
   Miscarriage
   Expectant Mothers Emergency Childbirth Kit
   Identification Tapes

Childbirth at Home
https://survivalblog.com/childbirth-at-home-by-kelli-s/

Darcy C is a doula pursuing DONA-certification. She is an advocate for homebirth and believes that women are strong enough to birth on their own and should be given that opportunity.

-SNIP-

Regardless of opinion and inclinations during normal and peaceful times, in a survival situation caused by economic collapse or natural disaster, childbirth will have to be dealt in possibly less than ideal conditions. I believe that in such a situation, midwives will be an invaluable and precious asset.

In preparing your family for TEOTWAWKI situation, you might consider making contacts with midwives in your area if you are expecting a child or plan to have some in the future. There is no substitute for experience and knowledge, so please consider the care of a midwife if you are pregnant. If your situation does not allow you to have a midwife, then here are some good suggestions to ease the process of labor and birth.   ---CONTINUED---

How to make a SHTF/ Disaster Birth Kit

Video info:

We discuss how to construct a birth kit for disaster scenarios

MORE US Marine Information. This item details the procedure for caring for the baby immediately after birth, including

* Drying the Baby
*Position the Baby
*Suction the Airway
*Evaluate the Baby
*Color
*Ventilate if Necessary
*Check the Heartbeat
*Keep the Baby Warm
*Assign Apgar Score
*Breast-feeding
*Vernix
*Meconium
*Eye Prophylaxis
*Vitamin K
*Umbilical Cord Care

Care of the Newborn
http://www.brooksidepress.org/Products/Military_OBGYN/Textbook/Newborn/Newborn.htm

Dry the Baby
Immediately after delivery, the baby should be dried. Ideally, this is with a warm, soft towel, but don't delay in drying the baby while searching for a warm, soft towel.

In an emergency, any dry, absorbing material will work well for this purpose. This would include:

*Shirts
*T-shirts
*Gloves
*Jackets
* Socks

More US Marine Corps Resource



GRAPHIC IMAGES

Military Obstetrics and Gynecology
http://www.brooksidepress.org/Products/ ... e_baby.htm

Delivery is also known as the second stage of labor, or part of the second stage of labor. It begins with complete dilatation and ends when the baby is completely out of the mother.

The exact time of delivery is normally taken at the moment the baby's anterior shoulder (the shoulder delivering closest to the mother's pubic bone) is out. --- continued at link, above ---

MORE
http://www.brooksidepress.org/Products/Military_OBGYN/Procedures/procedures.htm

Detailed topics include:
Obstetrics

* Deliver a Baby
* Episiotomy
* Repair Episiotomy
* Deliver the Placenta
* Cesarean Section
* Retained Placenta
* Shoulder Dystocia
* Breech Delivery
* Twin Delivery
* Circumcision
* Fetal Heart Monitoring
* Amniotomy

When There is No Doctor-Pregnancy & Child Birth
http://hesperian.org/wp-content/uploads/pdf/en_wtnd_2017/en_wtnd_2017_19.pdf

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