Most preposterous "helpful" comments re: homebirth? - Page 3

[laralou]

That is mean! I would NOT go to him!

[crazy_eights]

My husband claims that the proper response to the above idiotic comment is, "And today when you have 9 or 10 OB's you'll find a few of them are retarded!" And I'm sure they were born in hospitals.

[DirtyHippie]

I am laughing at this thread. I have been suprised because a lot of people we have told have been like "Thats really neat" or "People did it way back when there is no reason why it still can't be done" or another good one from the doc who is doing my husbands vasectomy "Wow, I suppose that would be really safe if you had a trained midwife" ! But then my grandmother who is 92 BTW......
"What if you bleed to death"
"Who is going to take care of you and the baby after it is born?"
"Is your midwife going to stay a few days?"
"Does your midwife really know what she is doing?"

I simply replied after all these questions "Think of all the germs that are in hospitals". Keep in mind she is paranoid about germs! This quieted her down! I also told her "You were born at home and you are fine"

[Lila]

I haven't gotten a lot of stupid comments because at 4 months I am not obvious yet. One friend who is an OB nurse acted very concerned and asked a lot of questions but later told my mother that I had obviously done my research. She still thinks I'm nuts though.

Usually when I tell someone and they act concerned I just tell them that we live 200 feet from the hospital (literally) and that shuts them up. Let them think what they want. I am confident.

My grandmother birthed 2 of her 3 at home so she and my mother are very supportive.

[bluevervain]

Let me tell you that as a homebirth midwife you are VERY motivated to keep the "mess" to a minimum! We use shower curtain liners under the sheets to protect the mattress.

As far as the whole cord around the neck thing... more often than not, you just unwrap them and everything is fine.

I've been in midwifery for a few years now and I'm expecting my first...my mother's first question was "you're not delivering at home are you?"

As if I'd choose anything else!