Hello all,
Number three due by home birth in about 3 weeks. Babies 1 and 2 in hospital and in a midwife led respectively, both relatively trouble free. Baby 1 needed a bit of help after due to being forced to lie on my back throughout, and not having the balls to tell the midwives that I wanted to be upright (12 years ago). I was happy and determined to birth at home for this one, and feel very women-led about it, but have had all the midwife visits to arrange it over the last two weeks, and feel really unsupported.
The midwives don't say outright that they don't support home birth, so I can't really debate it with them, but I just pick up (so does my DH) a kind of pervasive monologue about the risks of x, y or z to do with home birth. When I try and quote statistics, I'm told that 'they just have to tell me for the paperwork', but I know that they believe that home birth is risky from the way that they say it. I'm left feeling unsupported, and like I really don't want any of them present. I'm almost wondering whether to send the birth pool back and just suck it up and go to the unit instead.
I've been told that I'll need to go in straight away anyway if I need more than one or two stitches, that I might need to go in the next day for an anti-D jab, and that I'll have to book a separate appointment to have the baby checked over there too. I'm starting to feel that the point of a home birth is pretty moot if I've got to go for all these separate visits that apparently can't be combined into one trip to hospital!
Basically, I'm doubting myself a bit, and just need a kick in the butt, and reminded that I'm following the science, and my choice is right for me. Thanks all.
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Need a last minute gee-up/support for my homebirth choice please
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TeaAndANatter · 25/03/2014 13:33
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