I spoke to my MW last week and we were discussing my plans for home birth.
I'm only 14 weeks atm but MW said she wants to get hold of my labour and birth notes from last time round as ds was a bit awkward lol.
Basically to cut a long story short, I had a relatively quick labour, 6 hours in the end. However when I started to push, ds slipped back up and turned transverse. The dr's and MW got him to move and he eventually came out via forceps face up.
He'd turned transverse a couple of times in the later stages of pregnancy but I knew when he did it as I could see and feel it happening and he would turn back after about a minute.
Now the MW said that when she gets hold of the notes obviously she'll have a better idea of what went on but that later on in my pregnancy I will have to see a consultant so that he can make the decision as to wether I can have a home birth or not.
Obviously if this baby is transverse when I am 40 weeks then I wont go ahead with a HB because of the risks but if the baby is not then IMO its not up to the consultant where I birth.
When I go into labour if I want to stay at home then theres nothing a consultant can do about it. Yes?
Unless he marches down to my house and pulls my arm up my back!
So is this the norm?
Has anyone else encountered problems like this and getting their HB?
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Homebirth and consultants.
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Nbg · 28/05/2007 13:57
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