Supporting
you to become the parent you want to be
Brighton and Hove branch
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Brighton and Hove branch
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Homebirth Support Group The Homebirth
Support Group is an informal support group for women and their partners
who are interested in planning a homebirth.
Research
over the last couple of decades has found that planned home birth is at
least as safe as hospital birth for healthy women with normal pregnancies.
In addition, home birthers are half as likely to have a caesarean
section, half as likely to have an assisted delivery and have a lower risk
of haemorrhage. Babies born
at home are less likely to have birth injuries and less likely to need
resuscitation. (Chamberlain, G, Wraight A, Crowley P. Home
Births The report of the 1994 confidential enquiry.
National Birthday Trust Fund. Parthenon Publishing) Brighton
and Hove has traditionally enjoyed a high homebirth rate, with up to 10%
of babies being born at home. Nevertheless
it can be daunting to plan a birth that is a bit different from “the
crowd”. We
hold meetings once a month
and all our hosts have had a homebirth.
We share birth stories, top tips and do our best to answer all the
burning questions that parents-to-be have.
It is also a wonderful opportunity to meet other expectant parents
planning a home birth. Meetings
are free, although we do ask for a coin donation to the NCT.
We
encourage new parents to return to the group after their baby has been
born to share their birth story. We
have a photo album so you can be encouraged and inspired by local babies.
We’d love to add your baby’s photo to our collection. We
know and can put you in touch with women who have chosen to have a
homebirth in circumstances such as:
We
have a father’s contact for dads who would like a male perspective. Call
01273 508487. We
sell various publications and articles including: Home
Birth (an NCT
publication) £2.50 Labour
and Birth in Water (an
NCT publication) £2.50 We
have DVDs and videos of homebirths that we will lend. You are very welcome to
attend a meeting. Please call
the host to confirm your attendance and location.
Our next meetings are:
For further information on the home birth support group or for a chat about your plans for a home birth, please call 01273 558173 or 01273 585406 or 01273 772118.
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Extra money if you're expecting a baby
If you’re at least 25 weeks pregnant and are expecting your baby on or after 6 April 2009, you may be able to get an extra £190
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