does anyone know if a person is allowed to have a homebirth when they dont live at the home in question?

[Amphibimum]

someone i know. lives in london. might want to have a HB at my place in the country. is it going to be easy/hassle-y/possible??

[NotQuiteCockney]

Tricky, I'd think - they need to be registered with MWs in your area, really. Might be possible with an independent midwife?

Anyway, keeping it bumped, hopefully someone more knowledgeable will wander along ...

[Amphibimum]

thanks nqc.
would it make any diff if her domestic situation were, um, volatile and uncertain do you think. coz thats basically why.

[Flibbertyjibbet]

Er, is the person going to move in at about 35 weeks and just wait for the birth to happen? Or will she get on a train when contractions start?

[NotQuiteCockney]

If she's doing it because her home life is bad, then I'm sure that's more sensible than just doing it because she fancies it, iyswim.

[lou031205]

My friend had a home birth at her mother's house.

[jamila169]

she just need to register with the local midwives in reasonably good time -she'll have handheld notes so they are transferable anyway, she'd just have to call the community midwive's office at your local MLU and ask them to allocate someone for a homebirth

[Mintpurple]

She can have a hb wherever she likes as long as she is booked in at the local hospital (if going NHS). Cant see it would matter if she has indie m/w.

People move around all the time so no big deal.

[Amphibimum]

would be nhs, not independent.
yes she'll come and stay from about 38 weeks i guess. thanks for the info peeps, i'll contact local mw's and ask what they say. thx again.

[Takver]

I'm sure its possible - I know a woman who had a 'home' birth in a teepee in a field near us that belongs to a friend of hers (she lives 50 miles away). I have a suspicion she may have just told the midwives that she was going to be there, and asked them to attend, rather than asking them whether it was possible!

[Amphibimum]

at teepee ina field birth. marvellous

[ScottishMummy]

mum to be needs to register with local hospital, and initiate transfer of care. responsibility will transfer to new location

then negotiate wishes with mw, document and discuss birth plan

[whomovedmychocolate]

Amphibimum - if it's in England - it's doable. You do not officially register your birth preference till 36 weeks so she could just transfer slightly earlier to midwifery care in the area she wished to deliver to (and attend an appt at 36 weeks) and immediately state she wants a homebirth. If your house burned down and you had to go stay with your parents the local midwives would of course take over your care, so it follows that if had to transfer, your care could be reestablished.

[whomovedmychocolate]

Oh and I'm giving birth at home which is technically a different address, albeit right next door. The mws didn't even bat an eyelid at this.