Hi,
Just wondering if anyone else has found this strange. When my midwife told me my options for where the give birth she said the best options were home birth or one of those midwife run birthing centres. The third option was hospital. She also gave me a flyer to read where they explained that obviously with a home birth and birthing centre there are no doctors or drugs available - but if something goes wrong I’d have to be taken to hospital by ambulance. My question is my the hell wouldn’t I want to give birth in a hospital where everything I could need is available, and give me peace of mind?? The flyer also mentioned that birth success rates were higher for home birth and birthing centre than hospital, but I believe this is because more high risk births happen in hospitals. It very much felt like home birth or birthing centre was being pushed on me, and I suspect the reason has nothing to do with success rates etc but rather with saving the NHS money. Maybe I’m just being paranoid, but as this is my first I’d feel a lot more at ease being in a hospital.
I know it’s 100% my choice where I do it, just feel very suspicious about their motives.
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Where to give birth? Why is hospital not as highly recommended?
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AlZi · 07/05/2021 18:35
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