Liz trusted birth... and lost her baby due to placental abruption
Sara trusted birth... and lost her baby due to breech presentation head entrapment
Anna trusted birth... and lost her baby due to uterine rupture
Peyton trusted birth... and lost her baby due to placental abruption
Dhanya trusted birth... and lost her baby due to shoulder dystocia
This mama trusted birth... and lost her baby due to cord prolapse
Danielle trusted birth... and lost her baby due to low fluid which led to meconium aspiration
Sadly, I could go on and on. And on.
The above listed were planned freestanding birth center and home births. These women trusted birth. Yet birth betrayed them. Instead of a healthy thriving child, birth left them with empty arms.
They believed all they needed was to...
take good care of themselves during pregnancy...
trust birth...
find a supportive, compassionate, experienced midwife...
They did those things. But it wasn't enough.
In an emergency, they believed the hospital would be close enough...
It was close. But it wasn't close enough.
The "trust birth" philosophy is a dangerous one. What you need to know is this: those who truly trust birth see death as a possible but natural event. Those who truly trust birth believe if a baby does not survive birth, it's because they weren't meant to live.
Though I cannot speak for all of the mothers above, I know majority do not believe their babies weren't meant to live. Their perfectly healthy little babies were very much meant to live. And they know it. And live with it every day.
Should you trust birth?
If I had trusted birth, I could very well have lost my baby girl.
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