Has anyone planned to UC--whether or not they did UP or were followed by a medical provider during the pregnancy--then when the labor actually happened, either they or their spouse/partner panicked and either pushed for the mama to go to the hospital or called the EMT's? I'm not talking about that "nagging feeling something isn't going right" or realizing that there is an issue for which you need professional assistance.
(Not pregnant, never UC--though my third baby was close: if we'd waited another hour before leaving for the hospital--and when I arrived I was calm, able to joke around, walked in on my own carrying my almost 6 year old son, and all that; only reason for admission was my water had broken--I'd have been completely unable to move and not wanted to be moved.) I asked my husband what he'd have done at that point. I said I would have had the baby and gone into the clinic in the morning to prove I'd had the baby to get put on convalescent leave. (I'm active duty Army) And hope they wouldn't keep us. My luck, they'd probably admit, put her into the NICU and pump us both full of antibiotics "just in case". He said, "No, I'd have called for an ambulance."
But, on the other hand, maybe I'm one of those moms who actually feel "safer" in the hospital, and I wasn't going to "progress" until I got there. I did have a natural birth--there was no time for interventions as she was born pretty much right after I got to my labor/delivery room.
Also, how much say does your spouse/partner have in deciding to UC/homebirth? Would you do it if he/she was adamantly opposed?
(Not pregnant, never UC--though my third baby was close: if we'd waited another hour before leaving for the hospital--and when I arrived I was calm, able to joke around, walked in on my own carrying my almost 6 year old son, and all that; only reason for admission was my water had broken--I'd have been completely unable to move and not wanted to be moved.) I asked my husband what he'd have done at that point. I said I would have had the baby and gone into the clinic in the morning to prove I'd had the baby to get put on convalescent leave. (I'm active duty Army) And hope they wouldn't keep us. My luck, they'd probably admit, put her into the NICU and pump us both full of antibiotics "just in case". He said, "No, I'd have called for an ambulance."
But, on the other hand, maybe I'm one of those moms who actually feel "safer" in the hospital, and I wasn't going to "progress" until I got there. I did have a natural birth--there was no time for interventions as she was born pretty much right after I got to my labor/delivery room.
Also, how much say does your spouse/partner have in deciding to UC/homebirth? Would you do it if he/she was adamantly opposed?
