Ok I know there are a few threads covering various aspects but:
My line of reasoning so far runs something like this: (EDD Dec 28th btw)
I want a birthing pool
There is one in a hospital not too far away but not my local one.
That is only one, what if its in use? (but midwife says its not that popular so should be ok)
You go into hospital when contractions 5 mins apart. So am I going to end up doing a lot of labouring at home and not in the pool anyway?
then it can take 3 hours for the pool to fill
I don't have a car so while I can get an ambulance there I am the sort of person to get really anal and stressed if I don't have concrete plans for going home again (and given the time of year I can see my grand total of 2 friends with cars being unavailable)
Starting to think would be way more relaxed buying a mini pool in a box and having a home birth.
But then I worry about time of year and christmas/new year ambulance call out times being slow etc should anything go wrong.
So
If you had home birth why did you choose it?
If you have had both home and hospital which did you prefer?
If you have had use of a pool in home/hospital/both what did you think?
Thanks in advance people!
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Childbirth
Hospitals, home births and birthing pools
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Indith · 25/08/2006 19:22
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