Do midwives carry medications that would prevent me from bleeding too much?

Do midwives carry medications that would prevent me from bleeding too much?

The definition of a hemorrhage during a normal vaginal birth, is blood loss of more than 2 cups in the first few hours after birth, or more than 4 cups within the first 24 hours afterwards.

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What to do and what NOT to do if you're exploring home birth as a first time mom!

What to do and what NOT to do if you're exploring home birth as a first time mom!

Women who come from families where natural birth is the norm tend to have straightforward natural births. Why? Because they’ve been thinking about birth as normal their entire lives. Some of us have to work hard during pregnancy to undo all the subtle messages we’ve been told-that our bodies don’t work well or we just aren’t strong enough.

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