WHY Homebirth
Aliya first became interested in childbirth while studying the sociology of birth and death in the United States. She was both awakened to the power birth holds and to the transformative experience it can be in our lives. She also learned of the harsh cultural realities of the majority of births taking place in the medical industrial complex within the United States - a fear based, medicalized model of care, absent of relational knowledge, in which insurance reimbursement rates and institutional liability concerns take precedence over the cardinal knowledge of baby and mama.
When I began attending home births as a birth doula in New York City, I quickly recognized that the home setting allows for a peak experience. There are not many moments in our lives when time stops and we can transcend our daily consciousness. Birth is one of those miraculous opportunities.
While the vast majority of midwives in the United States receive babies in the hospital setting, having compared maternal and child health outcomes internationally at the structural, institutional and individual level, I believe that birth at home is the safest option for healthy folks who trust their body, their baby and the process of birth, seek a joyful, empowered experience, and want to set themselves up for the transformative experience that is our birth rite. That is why I choose to provide care in the home setting. Outcomes support home birth in the United States.