The ADVANTAGES of hospital birth:
1. It may be the safest option. If you're considered high-risk, it's the safest childbirth environment for you and your baby.
2. It's close to an operating room. If you need a cesarean section (either planned or emergency), it's the only place you can have one.
3. It offers the most advanced technology. On-staff pediatricians and sophisticated newborn medical technology are available should your baby need immediate medical care.
4. You have easy access to pain relief. Anesthesiologists on staff are almost always available to provide pain relief medications as you request, from epidurals to narcotics.
The DOWNSIDES of a hospital birth:
1. Hospitals, especially larger ones, can seem impersonal and intimidating.
2. Even private rooms aren't that private. There's a lot of coming and going in hospital rooms.
3. Separations are often routine. Even if you've chosen to "room in" with your baby, there will be times when hospital routines will separate you, including for newborn screenings.
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