Unassisted Home Birth, Doula and Hypnobirth Malaysia

Following my series of facebook & medical mythbusters malaysia posts regarding home birth, today I decided to look up hypnobirth Malaysia's website.

I was shocked.

This is my facebook post:

I just looked at 125 unassisted birth stories on hypnobirth Malaysia website.

I did not find the stories of the three women who died from unassisted births.

One of the deceased is featured in an unassisted birth story. The deceased (not yet a trained doula at that point) helped to deliver a baby at a masjid.

It was stated that the deceased did not write of her own birth experience and yet there is no mention that she has passed away, nor the circumstances of her passing.

Please note that a doula is not a medically trained professional, unlike a midwife, doctor or obstetrician.

As another doula so eloquently described after the death of her customer, doulas merely provide emotional support, the deceased (her customer) and husband were adults and clearly understood the risks they were taking when they hired her.

This doula, who attended another mother that died in an unassisted birth was also featured in one of the unassisted birth stories.

Again, no mention of her customer that died.

I also did not find the story of the baby that died during unassisted home birth in the presence of a hypnobirthing coach as reported in the Star 21st March 2014.

Hypnobirth Malaysia should include all stories, even the "traumatic" unassisted home birth deliveries which lead to baby or mothers death, to be fair to their customers & potential customers.

‪#‎InformedDecision‬

Saya baru melihat 125 kisah "kelahiran di rumah tanpa sokongan" (unassisted home birth) di laman sesawang Hypnobirth Malaysia.

Kelahiran di rumah tanpa sokongan ini bermaksud kelahiran yang dirancang untuk berlaku di rumah tanpa melibatkan pengamal perubatan bertauliah, contohnya bidan atau doktor.

Tiada pula kisah tiga wanita yang meninggal akibat kelahiran di rumah tanpa sokongan.

Salah seorang mangsa kelahiran tanpa sokongan menjadi pencerita kisah kelahiran tanpa sokongan dimana Arwah, yang masih belum menjadi doula pada ketika itu, menyambut kelahiran bayi di sebuah masjid.

Dinyatakan bahawa Arwah tidak menulis tentang pengalamannya sendiri, tetapi tidak pula disebut bahawa penulis telah meninggal dunia akibat bersalin di rumah tanpa sokongan.

Sila ambil perhatian bahawa doula tidak termasuk dalam senarai pengamal perubatan bertauliah, bukan seperti bidan, doktor atau pakar obstetrik.

Seorang doula yang lain pernah menyatakan setelah kematian seorang pelanggannya akibat kelahiran tanpa sokongan, bahawa doula hanya memberi sokongan emosi, arwah (bekas pelanggannya) dan suami adalah golongan dewasa yang memahami risiko yang mereka ambil sewaktu memilih perkhidmatan yang disediakan.

Doula ini, yang pelanggannya meninggal semasa kelahiran di rumah tanpa sokongan, menceritakan kisah kelahiran anaknya sendiri tanpa sokongan. Namun begitu, tidak sedikit pun disebut tentang arwah pelanggannya yang meninggal akibat kelahiran di rumah tanpa sokongan.

Saya juga mendapati tidak ada kisah mengenai bayi yang meninggal ketika "kelahiran di rumah tanpa sokongan" yang ditemankan hypnobirth guru/coach.

Hypnobirth Malaysia sepatutnya menceritakan semua kisah2 kelahiran di rumah tanpa sokongan, termasuk yang negatif dan mengakibatkan kematian ibu atau bayi, supaya para pelanggan dan orang yang mencari maklumat mendapat pandangan yang menyeluruh.

‪#‎KeputusanBerdasarkanFakta‬

Proud that Ministry of Health shared my post.