Comments on: Erykah Badu Has Natural Birth For Organic Vegan Baby

By: Kat

Kat — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:07:50 +0000

fbr and anyone else who is wondering – research has shown that for low-risk mothers, homebirth is just as safe, if not safer than hospital birth.

r- you are correct. The U.S. typically ranks 23rd-25th in infant mortality of all developed countries. Nutshell: we spend more money than every other country on healthcare and have close to the worst outcomes. Going to the hospital to have a baby with a surgeon observing is not working.

Kudos to Erykah for doing her research and making an informed choice.

By: TLGL

TLGL — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:07:39 +0000

It’s so exciting when a homebirth is in the news! Congrats to Erykah and Jay! To be able to do it, (safely, of course, no midwife would deliver a baby at home if mother and baby were not healthy) and where you feel the most comfortable.
I had my three at home and wouldn’t change the experiences for the world.
For those of you that haven’t heard of it yet, check out http://www.orgasmicbirth.org, it’s even better than Business of Being Born, if that’s possible!

By: BKP

BKP — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:18:15 +0000

That is WONDERFUL!! I had my 3 babes the same way…the last one was even a water birth! My husband is incredibly supportive of this and all things natural…to the point where he “lectures” his pregnant co-workers about what they should be doing!

Midwives ALWAYS have a Plan B in place in case a different scenario unfolds, fbr.

Way to go, Erykah!!!

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:55:55 +0000

I love hearing stories like this! It gives me hope that one day our insurance companies and hospitals will encourage natural home births. If I had the money to hire a midwife I would have had a homebirth too!

By: r

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:10:03 +0000

fbr – hopefully she has weighed the pros/cons of each vaccine and uses that to decide for/against each vaccine.

The death rates for newborn infants and mothers is lower in countries where homebirths with midwives are the standard and not the exception.

By: fbr

fbr — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:54:48 +0000

What if there had been complications to the birth? What if the baby or the mother had needed immediate medical attention? What if caesarean section would’ve been needed?

Sounds pretty irresponsible to take unnecessary risks like this, however small. Will she also deny her child vaccinations since they’re not “natural” and and people have managed without them for millennia?

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:50:04 +0000

Wow. Erykah is fierce!

By: Stacey

Stacey — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:16:07 +0000

Right on! That is great. I squeezed my baby out in my living room (in a pool of water) and it was the best thing I have ever done. Happy to see it getting some attention.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:09:21 +0000

Its wonderful to hear positive natural birth stories in the media. We need more of these kinds of stories and less that make birth sound like some disease afflicting the female body.

By: jamie lynn

jamie lynn — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:06:27 +0000

if i ever have a baby, i will definitely be squeezing that thing out on my own living room floor after watching “the business of being born”. women should be more empowered to have babies naturally. we’ve been doing it for millennia!