I found this thread very interesting on so many level. Firstly it reinforces the limits of statistical data. Secondly the qualitative stuff is so interesting. It takes the mystery out the notion of complications. It shows the art of assisting women in birth and help educates them.
I choice ´mom with complications but managed at home´because I was a hbac and was diagnosed with GD.
I considered VBAC for me a risk small and would have been more risky to have a hospital birth. My first was a birth center very quick and easy and my second was a c-section for suspected fetal distress (he was fine).
During my pregnancy with my planned homebirth I was diagnosised with GD. I had the test when I was 8 months pregnant less than a week after buring my father (in another country, traveling long distance, unespected event..)
So the test was done under duress. I did a lot of ready more deeply into GD and considered a condition under suspect...
I was attended by and MD (strange for me). He was super understanding and rational and said that he had doubts about the results and wanted to repeat them I declined but would do fingersticks (more for me than him). All normal, rest of my pregnancy without a hitch. This decision was helped alot from the reviewing MDC site on this subject and others similar sites and references.
My daughter was born at home with a doula, my husband, our eldest daughter, our baby sitter with our other son, homebirthing friend and me of course. It was splendid. These issues were seen in the larger context, of me, my body, the view of childbirth by my provider they were not seen so much as complications by slight devations from normal.
MLsantarem
I choice ´mom with complications but managed at home´because I was a hbac and was diagnosed with GD.
I considered VBAC for me a risk small and would have been more risky to have a hospital birth. My first was a birth center very quick and easy and my second was a c-section for suspected fetal distress (he was fine).
During my pregnancy with my planned homebirth I was diagnosised with GD. I had the test when I was 8 months pregnant less than a week after buring my father (in another country, traveling long distance, unespected event..)
So the test was done under duress. I did a lot of ready more deeply into GD and considered a condition under suspect...
I was attended by and MD (strange for me). He was super understanding and rational and said that he had doubts about the results and wanted to repeat them I declined but would do fingersticks (more for me than him). All normal, rest of my pregnancy without a hitch. This decision was helped alot from the reviewing MDC site on this subject and others similar sites and references.
My daughter was born at home with a doula, my husband, our eldest daughter, our baby sitter with our other son, homebirthing friend and me of course. It was splendid. These issues were seen in the larger context, of me, my body, the view of childbirth by my provider they were not seen so much as complications by slight devations from normal.
MLsantarem
I carried dd with me, cord still attached, to the bed where I delivered the placenta. We didn't cut the cord for quite a while after the placenta was delivered and breastfeeding had been established.
: )This time I had spent hours talking with my CPM and getting to know her during prenatal visits. She happily described in detail every procedure / test involved in my prenatal care and childbirth. How wonderful it was to be expected to make my own decisions and have such a high level of respect!
