No, 42 weeks = 9.77 months (a month is 4.3 weeks, not 4 weeks). To be 10.5 months pregnant, that’s another three and a bit weeks more than she was. She was well overterm, which is not recommended ever as the risk of stillbirth is high, as is the risk of the placenta deteriorating.

Huh.  And people think I’m crazy for forgoing an epidural, having a doula, and delivering with a midwife instead of an OB. I gave birth in a hospital but wanted as few medical interventions as possible.  However I was very vocal that I welcomed any/all medical interventions that might  be required to save my life or…

“Every pregnant woman must contend with the possibility of death, which exists for each of us.”

Personally, I would rather give birth at home. I have no problem with it.

A doula is there for emotional support not medical support. Occasionally you will find montrices that monitor labor ,(heart rate etc.) This is such a shame, if a midwife had been there (a properly trained on, not like the Duggars who did it as a mail course)

Yeah it’s not the “home” part of this that is horrifying. It’s the “alone” bit and the prohibiting of any other options or interventions. 

I’m sorry, I feel like this is missing from the comments section: when is there ever a time that discolored discharge coming from your vagina is ever not a problem that should warrant medical attention??? Is that ever not a sign of infection? 

My heart breaks for her but this is like anti-vaxxers for me. I have no use for people who reject science because of “reasons.”

That poor baby probably passed meconium due to stress and then inhaled it. Hence the discolored and smelly amniotic fluid. What a horrible way to die

I wish that my three children didn’t require surgical intervention to enter the world. The havoc those C sections have wreaked on my back and abs can’t be overstated.

Home birth can be great for some women, but the fact that this group deletes any advise that counters their beliefs and doesn’t make room for other treatment options makes them a cult, and a very dangerous one at that.

WTF is the point of living in modern times if a person doesn’t avail herself of some of its luxuries, like a freaking pre-natal appointment to a midwife or something? Yet she will chatter on FB about the “primal instinct” that takes over. Guess what? Birthing can be pretty deadly, just look at history. But no, the…

I really don’t understand why the birthing process has become so so polemic. Whether you give birth at home or in a hospital there are always going to be risks. Nothing is perfect. This is--to me-- another arm of women’s bullshit perfectionism that they throw onto other women. There are some great births in a hospital…

This one is so bizarrely random.

Just read the first one..wonder how many people are going to cry WHERE’S THE TRIGGER WARNING this time?

This is like the beginning of House of Leaves, when they meticulously measure the outside and inside of the house and there's a quarter inch they can't account for...

Primarily whether or not it scares people, though good writing is a must. My story was pretty innocuous because I was scraping the bottom of the barrel for crap the ghost in my house pulled. I didn’t expect to win, and would have felt bad if I did.

BEST MOM EVER.

Good for that mom. I hope she told the guy his refusal endangered her daughter’s life because it may well have.

A+++ mom.