Choosing to give birth at home places birth back within the natural context of life, rather than in the detached and clinical environment of a hospital. It is a birth that reflects a couple’s long process of expectation and preparation—beginning and ending in the intimacy of home.
“We are under no illusion regarding the roles in pregnancy and birth; the birthing body is one, the nursing body is one, and the costs of her body and her time are not the same as those of the partner. Partnership does not lie in perfectly synchronized calendars for constant presence at medical appointments throughout pregnancy, but in the dialogue itself, in the shared growth and longing, and in the knowledge that when the contractions come, our strengths intertwine.”
A joint essay by Adam and Sarah Segal-Katz on the couple’s experience of pregnancy, birth, and the choice of home birth.
“Our choice is made with full awareness of the medical discourse surrounding pregnancy and birth. We sought to release the tendency toward pathologizing—so often expressed in anxious thoughts rather than in joy or trust in the body’s capacity. We believe in the possibility of a healthy birth at home, as permitted by Israeli law.”
Read the full article in Hebrew at Gluya Magazine: Birth from Within the Home
Read the full article in English: Home Birth
