At this point in the summer it is likely that some parent is looking forward to the school coming again so that the little ones of the house return to their routines and the "normal" be reinstalled at home.
It is normal that with the heats of summer, vacations, family visits, care with other adults who are not the ones who normally take care of them or simply that tomorrow you do not have to get up early and today there is no hurry, the little ones are a little more revolutionized than normal, what many parents call "asilvestramiento". And it seems that everything costs a little more with them, especially if "it" does not enter the list of "fun things to do in summer". That is why this week we ask you:
Is it good for our children that the routines relax in summer?
I believe that this absence or relaxation in the routines of the whole year is something that suits them, especially since many times everything makes them behave as they really are, children. What do you think?
You can answer the question by clicking on the link above or by entering our Answers section where the question is already available. We ask that you respond there and not in the comments of this post so that it can be read and voted on by the other readers.
Last week's question
On the occasion of the news that midwives ask that public health finance home delivery, last week we asked you: Do you think that Public Health should finance home delivery?
These have been your answers:
- foil said:
Well, I'm going to be the devil's lawyer, even if you vote for me negative ... Society advances and with it the medicine and we eliminate almost 95% the risk that the mother or the baby will perish in childbirth by transferring these to the hospital where there are operating rooms, anesthetists , pediatric, gynecological surgeons, etc. And even in quasi-sterile environments some infection is still produced, and with all the equipment there is, some life is still lost. And now what are we going to do, move one of each to each parturienta address? When my daughter was born, of the 5 delivery rooms and 3 operating rooms, they were all busy, two of the operating rooms with caesarean section and another as a delivery room because there was no room. That requires a huge amount of staff, but you still save staff since there were only two anesthetists, which for home births would have had to be 8 displaced people, plus those left in reserve in case someone else goes into labor. At the level of giving work to people, or being able to give birth at home, it is very good, but at the level of subsidizing it, I do not see anything clear. Not to mention if the matter is complicated, mobile ICU, more personal, etc., or the risk of infection, no matter how clean you have it all ... It seems like a step back ...
Mariataurt replied:
First of all, thanks for your opinion. Please, could you tell me what data you rely on to say that we have reduced the possibility of death by birth by 95%? I should point out that infections occur more often in hospital settings, where there are more interventions. The more interventions, the more chance of infection. In addition, childbirth is not a sterile act (just think that the baby comes out of the vagina, that it is full of bacteria and very close to the anus, and that science is seeing now that they are beneficial for us and contribute to forming our immune system ). On the other hand, hospital acquired infections are usually more serious than those taken at home, since they are more aggressive bacteria. For the bacteria you have at home, your body has already been exposed to them and you have acquired natural immunity mechanisms. In a home birth, not so much staff is needed as in a hospital. Only two midwives are needed, who are trained to detect emergencies early and begin to resolve them, and are also trained in newborn care if this requires some type of resuscitation. You don't need pediatricians, surgeons, anesthetists, or operating rooms at home. On top of that, home birth is not for everyone. It is strictly for low risk pregnancies. This means that the possibility of complications is very low. The majority of midwives who work in childbirth at home, when they make transfers, are due rather to lack of progress in childbirth or because the mother wants epidural analgesia, rather than life-threatening situations. Most of these transfers are made in the private car and do not require a mobile UVI. There are many studies on the safety and cost / benefit balance of home birth. One of the most interesting was made in the United Kingdom, it is called Birthplace study, and it was published in 2011, where they compared the results of not only home births, but also delivery homes and hospitals, and also compared what happened when it was the First birth or later. I recommend your reading.
blue83 told us:
Would be great. I thought about it before giving birth in a hospital. I think it would be wonderful if people stopped seeing the birth at home as crazy. The important thing is to have options available to all women to give birth where they want, which after all is a right of all.
We encourage you to participate in our question this week leaving your opinion about whether or not it is good for your children that the routines relax in summer. Next week we will publish the most voted response.
