11/15/2025
32 weeks pregnant (technically tomorrow), and spending some time doing training on birth emergency skills. Our team works through these skills very regularly because our ability to respond safely and effectively in an emergency is part of the whole reason you hire us.
People ask all the time if handling emergencies while pregnant, or doing emergency training makes me afraid or nervous for my own birth, and my answer is absolutely not. I know better than most what all CAN happen, but I also know how vigorously trained midwives are, and our team, as well as any other midwife I would recommend, are very regularly keeping up on skills training and would absolutely respond safely and appropriately in the rare event that an emergency occurs.
In my own experience and opinion, CPMs respond much more calmly in these events, without adding unnecessary trauma.
Don’t misunderstand, the hospital and appropriate transfer of care absolutely have their place. I have absolutely needed and utilized hospital and EMS services very gratefully when the time arose. But studies show that for low risk women, planned out-of-hospital birth with a trained midwife can be just as safe, with lower rates of unnecessary intervention, and higher family satisfaction compared to planned hospital birth for low-risk women.
As a CPM with over 6 years of experience in out-of-hospital birth, and having had my own certification for the last 2.5 years, I feel beyond confident in my own body to give birth, the benefits that are well-researched of doing that in my own home, and in the midwife who I hired/ trust to monitor and respond should anything needing intervention arise.
All this time seeing normal birth, all of the emergencies I’ve responded to, and the regular refreshing and renewing of skills training I’ve been diligent in has made me confident that giving birth at home is a great idea for me and my family. ♥️🏡
