I know it's been re-hashed a squillion times but I'm wavering over the idea of a home-birth.
Intially I was very very sure, my natural gut feeling is that I'm inclined to panic and tense in a hospital environment and I can relax more at home. My logic is that being more relaxed and comfortable in my enviroment will result in a higher chance of a positive birth experience. I feel postive about what my body can do and I don't fear labour. I'm a realistic person, and weighing up options it seems like a good idea.
However, I have had a LOT of people being negative about the idea with the whole what if something goes wrong, isn't it selfish viewpoints. There's a part of me that's letting them plant seeds of doubt with all their horror stories and nightmare situations. Basically saying I'll never forgive myself if baby is not ok.
Basic info:
-I'm 33 weeks, not a single problem, very textbook pregnancy
-dh is supportive of whatever I do
-I live in a large city in easy reach (10min max?) of hospital
-community midwife is supportive and someone I have a natural instinct to trust.
Please can people give me BOTH points of view, speak freely about your opinioms, I won't be offended or scared by them as I have asked for them. Also I'd be hugely grateful to anyone who has an experience of homebirth to share, particularly if anyone was transferred.
Thank you in advance to anyone who shares a view or experience. I just feel I need to talk this out and it's hard to do so in rl as most people I know are very biased against (to the extent of refusing to discuss ot or listen to facts). Dh is good but being a man doesn't quite understand all my feelings!