I am a FTM currently 27+4 and seriously considering a home birth (I don't plan to have more children so this is kind of only shot of a home birth)
My pregnancy is low risk and I have been practising hypnobirthing and hoping for a drug free delivery.
But being a FTM there is of course this little niggling voice that keeps trying to persuade me it would be safer to just go to hospital. I intend to try to speak to midwife at my appt on Wed but so far she has not been particularly helpful with information.
I feel on the one hand at home I will have undivided attention of midwife (reviews of my local hospital rushing people onto delivery suite as they are crowning fill me with dread) and can be transferred to hospital if needed. I just worry of any 'emergency' reasons for being transferred and how long this would take (20mins from hospital plus wait for ambulance)
Anyone willing to share their home birth stories to help me decide
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Anyone have a home birth with their first baby?
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chelle85 · 21/05/2017 16:23
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