Unassisted Accidental Homebirth... Lets share amazing labour/birth videos we've seen.

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Awesome!!!

Thought it might be nice to share videos of inspiring/amazing births we've been watching (come on we're all doing it!).

Good ones!!

This isn't me obviously

Oh and while my vb was easy (4 hours start to finishes despite cfm and being on my back etc ) and my cs was an horrific emergency after an abruption if I had another baby I'd have another section, as would be my choice.

I used to think ( I'd never have been tactless enough to say it aloud) that ''I'm not a fan of sections' it's only after actually having one though I realised what a fucking moronic statement that is.

I teared up at all those birthing videos (I am such a cry-baby!)!

FWIW I don't think anyone should ever be made to feel 2nd best for having a c-section. I think a midwife's job is to SUPPORT a mother in labour and saying things like"I am not a fan of c-sections" is not helpful -even if you don't say it to a mother in labour I think it would be hard not to let your bias(for want of a better word) come across.

I wouldn't like a free-birth experience though- too scary for me- i want someone there in case there is a problem but that woman in Wales who had freebirth was amazing- so calm!

Oh -going off topic here but I HAVE to say this;
Its so nice Chellesgirl that you are going to train as a midwife at tax payers expense on the NHS and then bog off and practice elsewhere when we have a shortage of midwives here in the UK.

Not quite in the category of unassisted homebirth, but - blimey!!

i am a HUGE homebirth fan, and got through both of mine with no pain relief, which is how i wanted it.

but by golly, i hope i never get chellesgirl as a midwife!!!

I especially like the bit it tht vid wheres she looks like shes just given birth to a bouldar.

and where shes dandling the newborn upside down by his foot

Devilwearsprada - thanks for posting the lovely clip of the csec - it brought mine back to me, including the tears of joy when DS was balanced on my chest. The videos of unassisted and water births are lovely too (does make me feel a bit as though I've missed out, but I still think having a baby, by any method, is the most amazing thing, and I feel so lucky to have done so).

bibbity- your midwife has exactly the same profile of births as me! Except I don't have a no 5. Ah me.

Immaculada

That made me bawl

bloody hell! giving birth in the mediteranean sea..hmmm... the first thought that came to my mind was salty water and tearing... eek
i can't believe she kept the placenta attached for 3 days - didnt think you could actually do that!
im glad it worked out for that woman - earth mother and then some - but i think i'd prefer at least a little medical support!

I was more alarmed by the vast amounts of effluent discharged all around the Med, specially back in 1994. Her kid would have to be very strong to resist that.

I had an almost unassisted homebirth (ie me dh and ahem mil). I'd been having mild contractions all day and at about 2.30am decided it was time to go to hosp. Gave them a ring and they said not to worry, sounded like I had loads of time. Dh call mil who was on standby to look after ds1.

She arrived at about 4.55am Everything started happening v quickly and dh decided to brush his teeth before we went (good dental hygene is always important). By that time I needed to push so he finally realised how close things were and called 999. Ds was born at 3.05am, and the paramedics arrived about 5 mins later. I remember being laid almost starkers on the bed, with 5 paramedics in my bedroom drinking tea, thinking it was the most surreal expereince ever.

Have not read all the comments on here, but I do realise how lucky we were that everything went almost to plan. DS2 was born in still in the sac and dh had to open this to get him to breath. I ended up in hospital myself with seriously high blood pressure.

Ds2 will be 4 in a couple of weeks and still in a hurry to get everywhere!

oh ffs worzel in a dif thread, and you must be such a flamin idiot and in need of making other people look worse than you, you will go to any length, searching my other threads - thats just lame. and that is nothing to do with this thread. Oh and you would know if I had children if you were scouting wouldnt you.

and Im not a fan of el's by mothers who just want to avoid the 'normal' process of chilbirth cause they think it will hurt. ffs people get a grip.

lulu "i made that point further down, implying that if women just tried harder , they would avoid c.s/intervention" ... Im not saying that at all, that she should have tried harder...any mum who needed a em cs tries all they can, does what they can before needing one. I have no idea why you keep relatiing back to em cs's when immtalking about el cs's. please stop.

If a woman has physchological 'issues' she should either be offered councilling before she gets preg or while preg or not be having a baby just yet. just cause your 'scared' of labor does not entitle you to have a elcs.

informed choice - so who informs a woman to have a el cs cause she dont wanna ruin her downstairs area/purely for cosmetic reasons (even tho I dnt get that, cause you get a scar across your belly, but I guess thats hideable) that consultant that informs that mother that he wil perform a cs cause of these reasons is purely going against the rules of trying for a natural delivery surely.

What will happen when someone needs pain relief - well tough luck cause she aint gonna get it in the birhting centre, instead shes gonna get a full pregnancy and birth managemant programme including hypnobirthing, reflexology, accupuncture if she needs it and other ailements to help aid her capability of birthing without pain meds. The birthing centre is attached to the hospital so there is all necessary medical proffesionals on hand if the mother or baby needs it - you dont have to worry about that -it works totally dif there than it doesn here in UK.

kansasmum "Its so nice Chellesgirl that you are going to train as a midwife at tax payers expense on the NHS and then bog off and practice elsewhere when we have a shortage of midwives here in the UK. " do you know why there is a shortage??? do you realise it is down to NHS money? I am not going to be part of a healthcare provider that can not offer the best for its patients (maternity speaking). its not down to the midwives themselves - they want to do the job they love...its down to the NHS. Im sorry that you feel so heartbroken that im going to study here and fly away - but fortunately for me I pay my taxes and Im entitled to do the course as its not just recognised in the UK but world wide. It id free yes, but not by my choice and I would hae paid to do it. I am still a UK cit no matter what, even when I move over there...

thisisyesterday you wont have to worry about that.

Lol, Whatever love.

worzel get over it, I have my opinion, you have yours, you like the med side of things, i like the holistic approach - the natural approach. We will always argue this one...people will always disagree with me -I dont mind, cause for all thos poeple that disagree there is a mother that agrees and wants the natural way. SHame you cant see that 'love'.

I truly believe that the number of people who elect for c/s for vanity reasons is so miniscule that it is not worth bothering your little head over Chelles. Anyone else who elects for c/s on the NHS has valid reasons for doing so, even if you don't think so! And the consultants don't hand them out willy nilly, so do stop worrying.

Come back when you qualify and have some actual experience and then argue your opinions.

What you want in life and what you get are 2 completly different things.

Statistics reveal that as many as one in ten of these surgical procedures performed in NHS hospitals are done not so much for medical reasons as simply for the mother's convenience.

This preference for voluntary Caesareans reflects a similar trend sweeping across the United States. In America, Caesareans are generally included as part of the list of 'birth choices'.

So I can bother my head over it - cause it aint that minscule.

Ill send you pics of happy mums and babies in my birthing centre and thier experiences.

Are you qualified in something relating to this topic???? Bet not.

You dont get what you want in life, cause you dont see it nor believe its in reach -shame cause its a beautiful thing when you achieve what you want.

Can I see those statistics please?

" the idea that a woman with no medical, obstetric or psychological risk factors can demand that her child be delivered surgically, at increased risk to herself and her fetus and increased cost to the NHS has no parallel in any other area of medical or surgical care. Johnson et al (1986) found that 10% of obstetricians surveyed would perform a caesarean section for no other reason than that the woman requested it." this is what im on about - nothing else.

"You dont get what you want in life, cause you dont see it nor believe its in reach -shame cause its a beautiful thing when you achieve what you want"

Bit worried that some posters don't seem to have got the hang of medical terminology - "elective" means planned in advance, and on the NHS this usually is for medical reasons. E.g if you were booked for section because of plancenta praevia, this section would be "elective". (And I definitely include psychological reasons such as extreme fear of childbirth in my list of medical reasons, FWIW). Elective does not mean "too posh to push", "worried about one's figure", etc. Mine was an elective for IUGR.

And incidentally, if a woman went to a private clinic for a section because of her figure, I'd privately think she was a damn fool (since the stats show that in the absence of medical reasons indicating that a vaginal birth is unwise, a section is a more dangerous procedure for both mother and child than a vaginal birth), but it would still be her choice.

"Some women may feel that a caesarean section is the best way' to have a baby - a view that is being created by some obstetricians' according to Hemminki (1997). Whether an obstetrician, faced with a woman demanding delivery by caesarean in the absence of any indication, should be able to accede to her request is the focus of this debate. Although midwives do not make decisions regarding caesarean sections, they have a pivotal role in giving women clear and unbiased information regarding choices for labour and delivery, and are also influenced by changes in the caesarean section rate" MIDWIFERY MATTERS, Spring 2000, Issue No. 84

Lurcio I hear...it wouls till be 'her' choice yes...but where have these unfounded feelings come from to want the el cs on these terms??? what influence has there been on these mums???

Where has that quote come from Chelles?

The 10% figure appears to come from 24 years ago, which I think is before you were born?

I requested my elective (and got it) but it was not for vanity reasons.