Re: The Business of Being Born

I was just looking at the website...

hold on for a slight thread hijack...





OMG Riki Lake looks AWESOME!!!!!!


I do want to see this. They don't play it on TV, do they?

Re: The Business of Being Born

Posted by jlrj1219

Posted by sfp0701

Posted by jlrj1219

Posted by FullersBride

Posted by BellaRock

Posted by katiebug

For the ladies who want to comfort of a hospital, you should maybe look into a birthing center. That is what I plan on doing. I too want the reassurance of a hospital near by.

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Would a birthing center be covered by insurances? Do you know wether an ob would be able to deliver the baby there?


I've always wanted to have a water birth but I haven't really looked into it yet. I guess I should be now that I am TTC lol.

ETA: holy typos. Thats what I get for trying to eat and type.

Most OBs do not work at a birthing center, a midwife would do the delivery but would have an OB on standby incase of emergency. Midwives are required to have an OB "on staff" for consults or in case of emergency. Also, all stand alone birthing centers should have "privledges" at a local hospital to practice in case of a need for transfer.

OB's will NOT do a water birth, in fact OB's usually will only deliver a woman on her back and in "stirrups" which is the worse position for delivery because you are working against gravity.

There are a few midwives on Long Island that are in private practice and just have the OB as a back up "in case". Unfortunately, there are no more birth centers on Long Island

Nope the closest one is in Brooklyn. But gaia midwives deliver out of the birthing room in NUMC which has the option of water birth in a really pretty room. I won't do that but I hope to deliver there and use the tub for labor and whatnot. You can just use the room for regular labor if you want. Stony brook midwives is a large midwifery practice that has great reviews.

Actually if your referring to the waterbirth room at NUMC, it can only be used if you are planning to do a waterbirth. You can't use it just for labor and delivery...unfortunately

Its such a shame all the hospitals doing construction, should put some money towards really nice labor and delivery suites and make it more comfortable for women to give birth!
Oh well....one day!

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Re: The Business of Being Born

Posted by jlrj1219

Posted by sfp0701

Posted by jlrj1219

Posted by FullersBride

Posted by BellaRock

Posted by katiebug

For the ladies who want to comfort of a hospital, you should maybe look into a birthing center. That is what I plan on doing. I too want the reassurance of a hospital near by.

.

Would a birthing center be covered by insurances? Do you know wether an ob would be able to deliver the baby there?


I've always wanted to have a water birth but I haven't really looked into it yet. I guess I should be now that I am TTC lol.

ETA: holy typos. Thats what I get for trying to eat and type.

Most OBs do not work at a birthing center, a midwife would do the delivery but would have an OB on standby incase of emergency. Midwives are required to have an OB "on staff" for consults or in case of emergency. Also, all stand alone birthing centers should have "privledges" at a local hospital to practice in case of a need for transfer.

OB's will NOT do a water birth, in fact OB's usually will only deliver a woman on her back and in "stirrups" which is the worse position for delivery because you are working against gravity.

There are a few midwives on Long Island that are in private practice and just have the OB as a back up "in case". Unfortunately, there are no more birth centers on Long Island

Nope the closest one is in Brooklyn. But gaia midwives deliver out of the birthing room in NUMC which has the option of water birth in a really pretty room. I won't do that but I hope to deliver there and use the tub for labor and whatnot. You can just use the room for regular labor if you want. Stony brook midwives is a large midwifery practice that has great reviews.

Actually if your referring to the waterbirth room at NUMC, it can only be used if you are planning to do a waterbirth. You can't use it just for labor and delivery...unfortunately

Its such a shame all the hospitals doing construction, should put some money towards really nice labor and delivery suites and make it more comfortable for women to give birth!
Oh well....one day!

Re: The Business of Being Born

Just jumping in here.

There aren't any birthing centers on LI and Nassau Medical Center is the only hospital that has a birthing pool. Also, only one room has the pool. If somebody else is already in there then you're out of luck.

I had a homebirth in February and it was really great. I used a birthing pool during labor (did not end up delivering in there) and it helped ease the pain tremendously. I know a lot of people think they're not safe but studies have shown that they are just as safe as hospital births. There is a link to my birth story in my profile.

I really want to see this movie though. I have to buy it!

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If you want a nice, natural hospital birth, check out Stony Brook Midwives. No waterbirths, boo!) but they do a great job.