Well I'm 36 weeks pregnant, looking forward to a home-birth, and I've bought my lovely pool-in-a-box! But my local midwifery unit says they are unlikely to have enough staff on the day that I go into labour. They say I will probably need to go in to the birthing centre.
I REALLY would prefer not to have to do this for lots of reasons (although it goes without saying that if I needed medical care I would obviously gladly accept it).
So I have a meeting on Tuesday with the head of practice to talk about it.
Should I insist? Beg? Write to my local paper? MP? I don't want to be any trouble but I know a home-birth is best for me and my baby (assuming a normal labour ).
What would you say / do?
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Too short-staffed to support a home-birth. WWYD?
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blinder · 08/08/2009 18:29
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