RN Documentary: Home Sweet Home Birth
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
Length: 29:30
In the Radio Netherlands documentary Home Sweet Home Birth we take a look at the Dutch tradition of giving birth at home. The Netherlands is the odd one out when it comes to childbirth. As the only Western country it has a home birth figure of over 30%. A system of highly trained, independent midwives and maternity aid nurses make it all possible. And a strong belief that a healthy pregnancy is a natural thing and not a medical condition has kept the practice alive but some people wonder whether it will survive?.
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In the Radio Netherlands documentary Home Sweet Home Birth we take a look at the Dutch tradition of giving birth at home. The Netherlands is the odd one out when it comes to childbirth. As the only Western country it has a home birth figure of over 30%. A system of highly trained, independent midwives and maternity aid nurses make it all possible. And a strong belief that a healthy pregnancy is a natural thing and not a medical condition has kept the practice alive but some people wonder whether it will survive?.
Transcript
DOCUMENTARY
TX: 30 August + 1 + 3 September 2006
No: 1007211
Home Sweet Home Birth ? the future of the Dutch tradition of giving birth at home
Speakers:
Jan Nijhuis: Professor of Obstetrics, Academic Hospital Maastricht, NL
Beatrijs Smulders: independent midwife and director of the International Birth Centre, Amsterdam, NL
Ramon Aronius: gynaecologist, Rijnland Hospital, Leiderdorp, NL
Francis Kroon + Marian Keijning: midwives, Naarden, NL
Sabine, Tessa, Janneke: (Expecting) mothers, enthusiastic about home delivery
HB family theme music
The story of family life is an age-old theme. Family ties are important for some, meaningless for others. Family structures are constantly changing in the Netherlands and elsewhere in the world. This month Radio Netherlands will put the family in focus, both in our radio broadcasts and on Internet. Today .... What doe...
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