Shall I go to another meeting ?

[Babieseverywhere]

I have agreement from consultant and supervisor of midwives that subject to any medical change in our pregnancy, we would continue to plan our home birth, that was several months ago.

My bump is not measuring too big ATM and my anti c antibodies are at 1.1 level (need to be minimum of 7.5 before they worry) so OK so far.

However the head of the local community midwives and a couple of people from the hospital want to have a meeting with me to discuss options (?) for my impending birth in 7 weeks time

Is there any point in another meeting to go over the same things ? I don't see the point of doing a birth plan, just want to go with the flow and hope things go alright. Deal with any issues when and if they arise.

Is there a reason they want another meeting ? Id try and have a phone conversation to see if there was an underlying reason for the meeting if you've already gone over this before.

I don't know, what reason they have.

I asked my midwife on the phone, what exactly the point was when the consultant had already signed off on me. She sounded surprised that we have already talked to and had a agreement from the consultant. Maybe they missed that bit in my file.

I am waiting for a call back in the next day or two and see if anything more comes to light. Maybe they'll decide there is no need for another meeting after all. I hope

I'm leaning to not going, after all I can't plan anything until I am in labour and we'll find out if baby is positioned correctly and doesn't move (like DC2 did during my last labour getting stuck diagonally)

Plus DH is trying to save his holidays so he can spend time with our family, neither of us want him to waste it by attending yet more hospital appointments (already attended 4 !)

Apparently the midwife I spoke to yesterday had got the wrong end of the stick, it is a meeting to discuss me not for me to attend.

After all I am having a home VBAC and that does not compute with their hospital policies.

So nothing for me to worry about, though my ears might be burning for a while.

Sorry had one of thoses days .
At least you got to the bottom of it.
Sod there 'policy' its your birth as long as there is no danger do as you like. Here is southampton if you are VBAC you get a dedicated midwife for the whole pregnancy who is on 24 hr call if you deliver and they encourage home births.
Good luck I hope you get the birth you want.