Looking For Midwife/doula For Natural Birth

[patrickq]

Can anybody recommend a midwife or doula in the Pattaya/Rayong area?

I'd really like to hear from anyone over here that has taken a more natural approach to birth in Thailand, as in homebirth preferably, rather than hospital. What was your experience and did you use a midwife? How did you then sort out things like birth registration? And all the other things that haven't crossed my mind yet

[Boo]

we have a doula posting here on thaivisa, her name is kanon99.

[thaihome]

Does anyone else see the irony in this post?

Here we are in country that has tried very hard in the last 30 years to eliminate a child mortality rate that typically took at least 1 of 3 babies and only in the last 20 years or so have children actually regularly been born in hospital and given the chance to survive what are minor problem in the west.

Now we have someone asking about home birth in Thailand.

Ask my mother-in-law that lost 3 out 7 children before the age of 2 months back in the ‘70’s; 2 of them within the first day.

TH

Edited January 31, 2008 by thaihome

[g00dgirl]

Here we are in country that has tried very hard in the last 30 years to eliminate a child mortality rate that typically took at least 1 of 3 babies

What is your source for this unbelievable statistic of a mortality rate of 1 out of 3?

[kannon99]

Can anybody recommend a midwife or doula in the Pattaya/Rayong area?

I'd really like to hear from anyone over here that has taken a more natural approach to birth in Thailand, as in homebirth preferably, rather than hospital. What was your experience and did you use a midwife? How did you then sort out things like birth registration? And all the other things that haven't crossed my mind yet

There are no midwives or doulas (for hospital birth) that I know of in your area. I'm a doula in BKK. I'll message you my phone #. 3 of 4 of my children have been born at home in Thailand. Birth registration is no problem at all.

Obviously not many people are familiar with homebirth today. According to many research studies: for a low-risk woman (attended by a trained midwife) it is safer to birth at home than in the hospital. Oh, and most hospitals in Thailand have a 60%+ C-section rate when the WHO says it should 15% or less.

[patrickq]

Can anybody recommend a midwife or doula in the Pattaya/Rayong area?

I'd really like to hear from anyone over here that has taken a more natural approach to birth in Thailand, as in homebirth preferably, rather than hospital. What was your experience and did you use a midwife? How did you then sort out things like birth registration? And all the other things that haven't crossed my mind yet

There are no midwives or doulas (for hospital birth) that I know of in your area. I'm a doula in BKK. I'll message you my phone #. 3 of 4 of my children have been born at home in Thailand. Birth registration is no problem at all.

Obviously not many people are familiar with homebirth today. According to many research studies: for a low-risk woman (attended by a trained midwife) it is safer to birth at home than in the hospital. Oh, and most hospitals in Thailand have a 60%+ C-section rate when the WHO says it should 15% or less.

Thanks, I'll get in touch. I find it bizarre that the most natural ways of giving birth are considered unusual, while the most unnatural are considered normal

[LazyCat]

HI I also want natural delivery but I am afraid to do it at home it is not most pleasant place for me since I am just a guest of my mom's what are my options??? I am now looked at in Bumrungrad where I delivered my first baby but with second one I really want it to be as soft and natural as it can be for me and my baby.

[patrickq]

HI I also want natural delivery but I am afraid to do it at home it is not most pleasant place for me since I am just a guest of my mom's what are my options??? I am now looked at in Bumrungrad where I delivered my first baby but with second one I really want it to be as soft and natural as it can be for me and my baby.

I've heard from a couple of sources that Samitivej is the best you'll find in Bangkok - for closest to a natural birth. So worth looking at I think, to see what you feel. When are you due?

[LazyCat]

HI I also want natural delivery but I am afraid to do it at home it is not most pleasant place for me since I am just a guest of my mom's what are my options??? I am now looked at in Bumrungrad where I delivered my first baby but with second one I really want it to be as soft and natural as it can be for me and my baby.

I've heard from a couple of sources that Samitivej is the best you'll find in Bangkok - for closest to a natural birth. So worth looking at I think, to see what you feel. When are you due?

EDD is on 1st of april and the problem is that I don't know who is the doctor to do this because last time I went to Samitivej I visited 2 ob/gyn and none of them had a natural delivery not once in their practice !!! that was really strange for me... so if I will go there again I want to see the doctor who actually does this at least 30% of the time... Natural Active labor....my Bum doctor is going to be very surprised when I'll tell him I want to switch hospitals! But I really want it to be different this time ( better )

[kannon99]

HI I also want natural delivery but I am afraid to do it at home it is not most pleasant place for me since I am just a guest of my mom's what are my options??? I am now looked at in Bumrungrad where I delivered my first baby but with second one I really want it to be as soft and natural as it can be for me and my baby.

I've heard from a couple of sources that Samitivej is the best you'll find in Bangkok - for closest to a natural birth. So worth looking at I think, to see what you feel. When are you due?

EDD is on 1st of april and the problem is that I don't know who is the doctor to do this because last time I went to Samitivej I visited 2 ob/gyn and none of them had a natural delivery not once in their practice !!! that was really strange for me... so if I will go there again I want to see the doctor who actually does this at least 30% of the time... Natural Active labor....my Bum doctor is going to be very surprised when I'll tell him I want to switch hospitals! But I really want it to be different this time ( better )

You obviously got the wrong doctors The top 3 for natural delivery are Yaowalak, Sankiat, and Nissarat. Message me your # and I can give you more info

[thaihome]

Here we are in country that has tried very hard in the last 30 years to eliminate a child mortality rate that typically took at least 1 of 3 babies

What is your source for this unbelievable statistic of a mortality rate of 1 out of 3?

Admittedly, this is based on anecdotal evidence from a very poor upcountry village. Virtually all women my mother-in-laws age lost a third of their children within the first year. This is much higher then the reported rate for Thailand during this period. I believe the main cause for this discrepancy is the fact that many births, and subsequent deaths, were unreported in rural areas. Evidence of this is the fact that virtually every Thai I know born upcountry during the 60’s and 70’s have an official birthday (the date the birth was registered) that is many months later than the actual date. Births were not reported until it was sure the child would survive.

This is way off topic and probably not a subject to pursue in this thread.

TH