A home birth attended by a certified and trusted midwife is a natural, safe way to deliver your baby, and it provides a host of benefits for you, your child, and your partner. Strong and immediate bonding between you and your newborn is one of the many benefits home births offer. Below is a brief guide to the benefits of a home delivery and how it encourages bonding.

Benefits of Home Birth

When you give birth at home, you’re able to do so in a calm, familiar environment, doing whatever your body tells you is natural to facilitate delivery. You gain more control of the birth, as you’ll be able to make decisions for you and your baby based on what you think is best, without being intimidated or rushed by physicians.

Perhaps the largest benefit is immediate and continuous skin-to-skin contact with your newborn. In a hospital birth, your baby will be cleaned, weighed, measured, and otherwise handled by physicians, which delays skin-to-skin contact. With home delivery, you’re immediately handed your baby, and they stay with you until you decide otherwise. Home births also promote early breastfeeding, which has health benefits for both the mother and child. Compared to hospital births, home births create more positive and lasting breastfeeding successes.

How They Promote Bonding

All of this combines to promote a stronger, closer bonding experience between a mother and her child. Immediate skin-to-skin contact means your bond is formed much sooner than in a hospital setting, and uninterrupted time with your child and family continues to strengthen the bond.

Both you and your baby will have a more calming, comforting experience, without high levels of distress, which enables the first moment you hold your child to be a more positive experience for both of you. Home births help your partner bond with their child, too, by having a more active and assistive role in the birth process and more contact with their child.

If you’re interested in a home birth guided by a certified midwife, reach out to Home Birth With Love in Suffern, NY. Serving Rockland, Bergen, Westchester, and Orange counties, they’re backed by over 17 years of experience in safe home birth services. Their staff includes experienced certified midwives, nurse practitioners, and registered nurses, with medical and hospital backup available. From prenatal care to postpartum care, they’ll be with you every step of the way, also offering family planning and wellness exams. Learn about their home delivery services online and call (845) 641-5058 to discuss the details of your birth plan.