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post #21 of 38
6/18/06 at 4:17pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by MotheringHeart
...like I would just wait around the whole pregnancy and then when I went in to labor I'd call someone I never met to catch the baby and then leave again?!?!?!
Sadly, this is the "normal" procedure in Denmark. You have all consultations with midwife X. Then the moment you go into labor, either you go the hospital where a total stranger becomes your midwife, or if you are home - birthing, you call the hospital, and they then send out a total stranger you have never met before.

It is not in the least bit funny.

However, the posts on this forum are funny. The biggest question I get about my upcoming hb is "how far are you from the hospital?"
post #22 of 38
6/18/06 at 4:23pm
my mom wanted to know if the midwife had an "incubator" in case the babies were small!

I said, "Mom, they're babies not chicks!"
post #23 of 38
6/18/06 at 4:26pm
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Originally Posted by Ellie'sMom
my mom wanted to know if the midwife had an "incubator" in case the babies were small!

I said, "Mom, they're babies not chicks!"

That's funny, I instantly think, isn't that what chest's and skin are for?
post #24 of 38
6/18/06 at 4:32pm
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Originally Posted by grace's voice
That's funny, I instantly think, isn't that what chest's and skin are for?
Exactly what I ultimately pointed out to my mom!

When I was born I had some respiratory problems evidently and spent my first night in an "incubator" (I assume this is a warming bed/isolette), so my mom thinks this is very important. She's not one to question medical people. In fact the only reason I think she was comfortable with the idea of my homebirth was because I am a nurse practitioner. I didn't bother to tell her that everything I know about normal birth was learned outside of nursing school!
post #25 of 38
6/18/06 at 7:11pm
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Originally Posted by AllisonR
Sadly, this is the "normal" procedure in Denmark. You have all consultations with midwife X. Then the moment you go into labor, either you go the hospital where a total stranger becomes your midwife, or if you are home - birthing, you call the hospital, and they then send out a total stranger you have never met before.
You know, I never thought of this before several women pointed it out to me just now. It's true that LOTS of women in the hospital have this kind of care and I should have pointed that out to FIL, just to rock his world a little. It certainly would have been an interesting discussion....

And at least you up/ucers don't have to put up with a stranger at the end....KWIM?
post #26 of 38
6/18/06 at 8:02pm
A relative asked me if I had to go to the hospital after I had the baby and I said no. Then she looks at me with all seriousness and asked, "Didn't he split you open when he came out?" :

Mandy
post #27 of 38
6/18/06 at 8:13pm
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Originally Posted by rere
When i tell people my daughter was born in the dining room they usually ask"on the table?"
When I was planning my first home birth, my mother (a nurse) assumed I would be lying down on the table, and asked "What do the midwives use for stirrups, then? Piles of pillows?"
post #28 of 38
6/18/06 at 11:45pm
A friend of ours asked me, "So did you just have the machines all set up in your bedroom?"
post #29 of 38
6/19/06 at 12:33am
machines??

umm, no, sorry the "French Fry Warmer" thingie won't fit in my van.
post #30 of 38
6/19/06 at 12:41am
Quote:
Originally Posted by amygoforth
A friend of ours asked me, "So did you just have the machines all set up in your bedroom?"
: like the one that goes PING?
post #31 of 38
6/19/06 at 12:46am
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Originally Posted by candipooh
: like the one that goes PING?
post #32 of 38
6/19/06 at 2:27am
COME ON YOU GUYS! How can anyone give birth without the PING machine?! :
post #33 of 38
6/19/06 at 3:09am
Very important, the machine that goes PING. And expensive, so you know it's necessary!

I'm loving/hating these by the way. They're so funny but so... sad.

My favorite is "she said 'uhh, yup, you're still pregnant!'"
post #34 of 38
6/19/06 at 11:10am
Quote:
Originally Posted by candipooh
: like the one that goes PING?
HOW could I forget about the machine that goes PING?! Well, at least I can afford the initial payment on it since I'm not paying for a midwife this time.

Ahhh I can see it now:
random person: "So, you had a midwife atyour homebirth right?"
me: "No, but we did have the machine that goes PING."
RP: "Oh, phew! You were totally safe then!"

:
post #35 of 38
6/19/06 at 11:32am
Quote:
Originally Posted by CryPixie83
HOW could I forget about the machine that goes PING?! Well, at least I can afford the initial payment on it since I'm not paying for a midwife this time.

Ahhh I can see it now:
random person: "So, you had a midwife atyour homebirth right?"
me: "No, but we did have the machine that goes PING."
RP: "Oh, phew! You were totally safe then!"

:
I just burst out laughing and all my coworkers looked at me like I was nuts!
post #36 of 38
6/19/06 at 11:41am
Quote:
Originally Posted by MotheringHeart
My FIL once asked if I was getting prenatal care or not...like I would just wait around the whole pregnancy and then when I went in to labor I'd call someone I never met to catch the baby and then leave again?!?!?! I think he said "so....do you have regular appointments?"
Maybe he wasn't sure whether you were hiring a medical professional to attend the birth? If so, then it's not a dumb question at all.

Quote:
Sadly, this is the "normal" procedure in Denmark. You have all consultations with midwife X. Then the moment you go into labor, either you go the hospital where a total stranger becomes your midwife, or if you are home - birthing, you call the hospital, and they then send out a total stranger you have never met before.
Is anyone working to change this? Or is it just fine with the majority of women?
post #37 of 38
6/19/06 at 12:30pm
<--Monty Python fan
post #38 of 38
6/19/06 at 1:17pm
fourlittlebirds - No, they knew we were having a homebirth w/midwives. I'm pretty sure his world is so narrow he doesn't even know that there are women out there *choosing* to have unattended births!
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