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Childbirth

Share experiences and get support around labour, birth and recovery.

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beautiful homebirth.....

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Bimble · 23/02/2010 15:48

Just a word or 3 of encouragement to anyone considering a homebirth out there! I gave birth at home on 29th Jan to a little girl Beatrix Caroline. I had a waterbirth with 3 lovely midwives -2 with a combined experience of 30 years and 1 student. My partner who was at first doubtful about the whole thing was a homebirth convert by the end of the evening and tells anyone who asks that his girl was born into his hands and that he cut the cord. The whole experience was relaxed and calm and my 4yr old daughter woke up to find her baby sister snuggled up with mum and dad. No stressed out hospital staff, no noisy ward with crap food and no dirty toilets. Delightful!

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MumNWLondon · 23/02/2010 15:54

contrats, sounds lovely!

alex1803 · 23/02/2010 15:58

Congratulations!

Having a home birth makes you realise how beautiful birth can be, and how sometimes, just being in hospital causes all sorts of problems.

My husband too tells everyone about home births, physiological 3rd stages and breastfeeding!

My midwives even made my husband and I tea and toast after my home birth!!

BunnyLebowski · 23/02/2010 15:59

Aw congrats Bimble

I had my daughter at home too, laboured in water but delivered her on our sofa!

It was the best felling ever to go to our own bed with her.

Bettymum · 23/02/2010 16:08

Ahh, that's lovely, congratulations .
Gives me renewed hope for 6 weeks' time.
Beautiful name, too .

bibbitybobbityhat · 23/02/2010 16:10

Its great that you had such a wonderful homebirth.

Such a shame you couldn't have ommitted your final sentence

"No stressed out hospital staff, no noisy ward with crap food and no dirty toilets. Delightful!"

not very nice for the first timers who have opted for hospital birth.

PeasPlease · 23/02/2010 16:17

It's true though! Better to be forewarned IMO.

BunnyLebowski · 23/02/2010 16:19

Oh give over bibbity.

It's the OP's experience and her opinion. She has every right to be proud and delighted with her birth.

And there's more than an element of truth to her last sentence however much others may not like it.

Bettymum · 23/02/2010 16:41

I had my first in hospital. We had pear and chocolate crumble for pudding. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm .
Toilets were fine, staff were overworked but caring. And they gave us good painkillers every six hours .

alex1803 · 23/02/2010 16:54

Well said BunnyLebowski!

MumNWLondon · 23/02/2010 16:56

I was going to thank OP for reminding me about yucky toilets, noisy ward & food (in my case no food at all as gave birth at midnight & was hungry after, luckily had taken smoked salmon bagels with me). Other reasons for homebirth that I hadn't thought of.

That being said I am glad I was in hospital for the first time.

JollyPirate · 23/02/2010 16:58

Congrats Bimble - sounds a lovely experience.

belgo · 23/02/2010 17:29

Congratulations on ths birth of Beatrix! I've had two similar hoembirths.

Bibbity - what should women do, stay quiet about the rubbish conditions of some british hospitqls? How will anything change if no-one says anything?

bibbitybobbityhat · 23/02/2010 17:34

If op had rubbish conditions in hospital she should complain to the hospital! Not spread scaremongering stories on websites used by thousands of people who have no choice but to go into hospital to give birth.

tanmu82 · 23/02/2010 17:41

I don't think OP was scaremongering, just stating that her own home had cleaner facilities and was stress free! Don't think anyone can argue with that...

LadyintheRadiator · 23/02/2010 17:42

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BunnyLebowski · 23/02/2010 18:12

Scaremongering?

Get a grip bibbity

MumNWLondon · 23/02/2010 18:22

re: rubbish conditions in hospital - i am not the op and i did complain - here are some examples:

a) at 3am someone was brought into postnatal ward and proceeded to have very loud conversation with midwife about why she should have vit k injection. FFS - this should have been done in private room in labour ward not in room of women trying to sleep after giving birth

b) at 4am someone's baby did a poo and they had no nappies, followed by v loud conversation with midwife on how NHS do not provide them

c) at 7am light on, noise and bustle.

d) yes toilets not very nice, people not too considerate with used sanitary towels.

e) DS born at midnight, told no food until breakfast time

f) hospital lost my notes so couldn't discharge me, i just had to leave as after 24 hours i had had enough..

some of things i agree specific to me, but i challenge you to find someone for example who slept well on post natal ward. with my DS i managed to get discharged straight from labour ward, but unless you get a private room its all the same up and down the country.

ILikeToMoveItMoveIt · 23/02/2010 18:28

Many many congratulations

This is someone's birth annoucement fgs, if you can't be pleasant bite your bloody tongue

alex1803 · 23/02/2010 18:55

Scaremongering, if you want to winge about that, go onto the forums where people are saying have an elective section as labour is so awful.

No one should be criticised for having a crap hospital experience and a great home birth.

No wonder you only hear bad birth stories, as people are made to feel bad for having good ones.

flybynight · 23/02/2010 19:30

Sounds gorgeous Bimble, congratulations. You have included every reason why I want to have a home birth in the coming weeks.

cariadambyth · 23/02/2010 19:41

What a shame for Bimble that her lovely birth story thread should be tarnished by such a debate.
Congratulations Bimble, a beautiful name too

WestYorkshireGirl · 23/02/2010 19:47

Really pleased to hear your home birth went so well & thanks for sharing! I am working on getting pg again (after mc) and had an independent mf all lined up, but still hope to have a home birth when it finally happens.

GirlWiththeMouseyHair · 25/02/2010 20:51

congrats Bimble - I had a homebirth with DC1 and can't wait to do it all over again. (so no hospital birth to compare to but it was lush using my own shower and getting into my own bed)

Funny how DH's/DP's become almost bigger advocates after birth than we are eh - despite taking sooooooooooo much convincing at the start.

Great name too

Chellesgirl · 26/02/2010 00:03

Congratulations Bimble! I opted for a ome Birth for DD and was al set up...she came early and was subjected to the vile, dirty, loud, niosy, hurtful, crap hospital birth experience. My health visitor came round after we self discharged dd and me, and told me Id probably have been better off birthing at home and being able to have the one to one attention between baby and midwife - to be able to spot dd not breathing properly. It took the hospital 12 hrs to realise this (well actually my mum did and told them) and with a midwofe at home she most likely would have been suctioned and if needed to given oxygen.

I agree caria shame a woman cant bless people with her natural childbirth story, why some hospital loving people cant get over it, I dont know

Bimble - everytime i read a positive HB story it makes me want to do it for DC2 when he/she comes one day - wait Ill rephrase that - I will do it one day

Comewhinewithme · 26/02/2010 00:16

Bibbity you are out of order to spoil someones birth annoucement.

Congratulations OP it sounds lovely wish I had had a homebirth instead of the hospital birth which left me in a right state.

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