I am 37+3 and am now all booked in for my planned home-birth. Collect birth pack and pethidine tomorrow.
I have been very happy at the midwife care i have had and living in this post-code seems to allow me to go 48 hours after waters have broken before going into labour, and with consultants consent (ie regular monitoring) be allowed to go over 42 weeks & still homebirth if necessary.
Also no issues at all with me giving birth IN my birthing pool so all great
But Im wondering if this is normal as i hadnt herd of it before:
If my waters break before im in labour i have to go to the midwife unit (20+ min drive away) to check its my waters.
Is this normal?
My midwife said its because they like to do any checks in a sterile environment and to check it is waters, and to start the 48 hour clock.
Thankfully i dont have to go the full 45+ mins to the actual hospital, but im surprised that having a home-birth, and potentially the beginning of labour i need to visit the midwife unit!!!
She did say that if i clearly was in labour and having contractions etc they would not expect me to go to the unit.... just if waters broke without any other signs.
Is this the procedure in other areas?
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Childbirth
A question for people who have HAD (or are booked) for a homebirth.
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nannyl · 24/08/2011 19:32
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