Home birth - would appreciate some advice/back up

[NotFromConcentrate]

Hi there.

I was hoping to draw on the knowledge and experiences of other mums if that's ok - especially mums who've had/are having a home birth.

I was due to have my HB visit this month (currently 26+5) but have had varying levels of support from the midwifery team and now the lead MW wants me in for a "chat" before she "decides IF" we're having a HB visit.

What I need to do is put together reasons for wanting HB (I can do that) and also a birth plan which covers al eventualities including admission and even C-Section. I'd also like to really arm myself with HB statistics too.

Quick background: this is DC3. DC1 I had PET & then eclampsia and was induced, delivering a baby with no respiratory effort and an extremely low heart rate (he's now fine). DC2 was induced due to PROM but had 2 hour labour and very straight forward delivery. I feel like they're almost holding DC1's birth against me and ignoring the fact that I've since had a healthy pregnancy.

I had various bad experiences in hospital, mainly relating to prosecutes being carried out without consent or things not being done as they should. Also, my local hospital has the lowest natural birth rate in Scotland, the highest instrumental delivery rate and are in the top 3 for C Sections and induced labours. I'm determined to avoid

Pm sent

The decision for homebirth is yours...you just have to have a midwifery team to support you. Anyway if you are healthy in the third trimester....then you are not high risk to make that decision at that time. You may lie to read The Heart in the Womb a book by an obstetrician that had a homebirth.

don't know if it would be an option for you but there may be an independent mw near you who could either advise or be your actual mw.
am not a going private sort of person, but with local pct having chart-bottoming levels of homebirth didn't have any faitj in community midwifery to do a home waterbirth.indy mw was fabby- had total trust in my body and the birthing process and didn't have to tangle with insanely dogmatic nhs at all. not having another dc until have saved up to go independent again!