Women's Decision-Making And Factors Affecting Their Choice Of ...

or home.
One woman thought that problems could occur whether one is in hospital
ktbabonue: As Long as uou Are feeling heafthd, and as long as the
midwife Ls comfortable with how jour babu lding and where the placenta is,
thed realid dou lenow, the sorts of thimgs that go wrong from the Ov. i.14 are the
sorts of things that go wrong 1.14, hospital. anUINCIU Ana if U01.4 have got a spool
vuldwi.fe with a second midwife set up, then if theu can't deal. wi-th ft. thed uou.
are probablu going to lose jour babu nuwau, so uou might as well have it
where uou want to have it and where uou feet most contfortable
Another factor, still related to safety, was hygiene. While none of the
women planning a hospital birth commented about hygiene, sixty-two percent of
those planning a home birth were bothered by the state of hygiene at the hospital,
Seia.Idana: I thi-nk uou worru about hgiene at hospitat, t eoa. dont
have to worru about it at hOwte. )(Our house vki-AU L•Wt te per4ectlt! cLeavt., t.tt
IZPWW our own. eernts, a 0..c/ not other peoples' .f reaLL di.dv„'t ti.lq,e the
hugi.ene I. the hospital.
Sothepha: There were cockroaches LK. the toilet, I OVit 14.0t
bath, well t had to taiu antiseptic stuff and CLeCIK the bath before coAtof get Elsa.
I wouldn't sit Ov. the toilet seat, I know SO Kotavtt people that weptt konte wfth
Lnfecti.ovs.s, k,tow, it was RIA-beiitVabie 0100 that was a II5L,G3 faCtOir
thinkingI don't want to go near a hospital again tecaa..se p.600,4 are tilt6re [14-AeLd
to come honte ill than uou are, jocc know.
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