Home birth or hospital birth - Page 2

[tranana]

This has been so much help. It is making me more confident that I can do a homebirth. Thanks ladies!

[Pepper44]

I think of it this way--if you go to the hospital you'll definitely have a hospital birth and all that comes with it. If you start out at home you'll have a good chance of a peaceful homebirth, and you can transfer if you absolutely have to...

I had a "good" hospital birth with my DD and a CNM. No IV during labor. The only intervention I had was letting her break my water, but I could have said no. I just didn't know better at the time. I labored in the water, though they made me get out and push on the bed. DD was sunny side up and I pushed for 2.5 hours without any threats of c-section or intervention, and she came out fine and was put on my chest.

Unfortunately it all went waaaaay down hill after that. Midwife tugged on the cord, the placenta ripped and came out in pieces, part of it had to be manually swept out. I couldn't stop bleeding and had pit injections and major blood loss. Perfectly healthy DD spent hours in the nursery at a time due to their policies and was given sugar water, pacifier, and formula against my specific instructions. The nurses and ped. were extremely rude to us because we refused the eye goop and hep. b...

It was the worst experience of my life. I would never, ever subject myself or another baby to that again unless it was a life or death situation. I hope that this baby comes out happy and healthy at home so that we can bond after birth!

[Youngfrankenstein]

Originally Posted by almadianna

There is nothing that a midwife can do at a birth center that could not be done at home.

Yup...if I were you, I'd plan another homebirth. The chances of the exact same positioning issue being the same would seem pretty small.

My lastest baby, first homebirth, was 5 weeks ago and she had a mild dystocia and mw needed to reach in and turn her but she was born within 12 minutes, no emergency. The midwife moved me to get her to move.

I guess my point in saying that is what you would face in a hospital setting might have a way more medicalized outcome.

Plus, any mw will know your history and can help you make choices along the way.

[MegBoz]

Originally Posted by mambera

I'm just lurking around but after reading two stories on MDC in the last month about placental abruptions and dead babies during planned homebirths, I don't think I'd ever do it.

Well, as already noted, babies can die even in hospital from abruption.
Plus, the risk of placental abruption isn't high, and goes UP as a result of past CS... so I'd say when it comes to the question of abruption, it's just yet one more reason to stay OUT of the hospital! (Where you have a more than 32% chance of having a CS.)

Just yet one more vote here for HB!

[almadianna]

Originally Posted by MegBoz

Well, as already noted, babies can die even in hospital from abruption.
Plus, the risk of placental abruption isn't high, and goes UP as a result of past CS... so I'd say when it comes to the question of abruption, it's just yet one more reason to stay OUT of the hospital! (Where you have a more than 32% chance of having a CS.)

Just yet one more vote here for HB!

It also goes up more when you get pitocin administered, which is pretty much standard in most hospitals.

[AustinMom]

we planned a birthcenter birth with our first, and after 27+ hrs of active labor and only getting from 4-6 cm, we went to hospital, he was asynclitic, and we had a cesarean, he was also 9lb 8oz. This time around we are prego again, and plan a homebirth. Not only because a VBAC is almost nill in our hospitals, but because I know it is where I will have the best of a chance for a normal birth. We are prepared to go to the hospital if we need to, but we want to go the safer route first.

I would say since you have had a VAGINAL birth, your chances are WAY WAY WAY above mine. You body remembers what to do especially during the pushing stage. We interviewed a lot of midwives (9 total), and asked them things about determining a baby's position and how to change it. The one we chose had a cesarean for the same reason with her first then an HBAC. Hire a Doula as well to get another brain in there to help rotate a stuck baby.

Good Luck!

[Engineering_Mama]

I planned a HB with my first and ended up transferring to the hospital due to poor fetal heart tones. Ended up pushing for 8 hours, with pitocin augmentation for the last 2 hours but had a vaginal birth. If we have another I will definitely plan a HB again. I can't imagine being in the hospital for my long labor. If I'd been there the entire time there would have been a lot of pressure for a c-section. If my MW's back-up OB hadn't accepted me as a transfer I probably would have had a c-section. If I have another long labor I want to be home where nobody will worry about it taking so long. Where I won't be pressured. Plus I would really, really love to be able to relax and bond with any future babies after the birth. Being in the hospital with people coming in and out all of the time was NOT relaxing. Plus the pediatrician was pretty horrible. They were pushing formula 12 hrs after the birth. It was very, very stressful.

[TyrantOfTheWeek]

Originally Posted by emnic77

ditto the previous poster, I would make sure you see one that specializes in Webster technique.

Ohh, I totally believe in the Webster! I had started going into labor like 3 times a week for a month and my body would stop. Turns out Derek's head was slightly cockeyed and he couldn't descend correctly. Less than 24 hours after my adjustment, I was holding a baby.