European Birth Experience:
The European birthing experience seemed to be fairly similar to the ones in the United States. They deliver in hospitals laying in beds with it slightly tilted so the aren't completely flat. I'm not sure if this is a country's preference or a doctor's.
The difference I found out was that they only use midwives to deliver babies and they give all women episiotomy, which is a surgical cut made at the opening of the vagina during childbirth, to aid a difficult delivery and prevent rupture of tissues. A doctor is only called in if their is an emergency. Also their are no nurseries for the babies to sleep in due to funding. The babies are left with the mother at all times.
I have learned that regardless of what country you live in the doctors/midwives are trained to deliver babies in a way that will not harm them or the mothers.
I find it very interesting there is not a nursery in the hospital for the babies. I do not have any children so as a first time mom, I think I would be terrified to have my first child with me in my room all the time. I would definitely want my child in the nursery for the first night just so the nurses or midwives could observe them to assure everything was ok. Maybe I would just be nervous but I would definitely want that kind of support.
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