Birthing Poll

[MamaVolpe]

How is everyone hoping to deliver this May?

[Molliejo]

Another homebirth for me!

[MamaJ2005]

My First Homebirth!!!

[thismama]

I am hoping for a homebirth.

I attempted a homebirth with my daughter but got transferred to the hospital. I had a very long labour and got stuck at 6cm for 7 hours, and protocol is they transfer you.

Here midwives can attend in the hospital though, and I still got a fabulous and natural birth experience.

I won't be traumatized if I have to go to the hospital again, but I'm really hoping for a homebirth this time.

[*Aimee*]

I dont a CNM in a hospital with a doula. I wanted a home birth but DH is very uncomfortable. Also because I'm fat and DS was 4 weeks early I had a lot of trouble finding anyone that would do it anyway. Idaho isnt kind to midwives here.

[thismama]

Hey, I'm fat too!!

[happyfrog]

i voted homebirth,

but i'm actually HBA2C . ....

so i guess i should have voted 2x?

[theatermom]

I want to have my first homebirth, but am considering a birth center.

[Shanana]

Homebirth .

[hanbanan]

second cozy homebirth!

[Tulafina]

First Homebirth!!! I'm so excited!!!

[pdxmomazon]

My midwife is part of a practice that has a birthing suite with jacuzzi tubs...so I like the sound of that. But I am also very partial to a homebirth. I guess it depends on how I am feeling and how my wife is feeling as the day gets closer.

[dis]

Hopeing for my first homebirth; had a NCB in hospital last time and it was lovely (very hands off, low intervention hospital), so if we wind up transferring or if for some reason I risk out of homebirth I'll be disappointed, but not too upset. I've got my midwives lined up - one advantage of testing really early, it was much easier to get into the midwives! (thismama are you in Ontario too? the regulations on midwives sound about right)

[KingsDaughter76]

Hospital birth here with a doula and midwife. :-)

[bugnbean]

dis....I'm in Ontario too. I tried to get in with a midwife my second pregnancy and it was too late. But I'd have ended up a physician transfer anyhow. Then tested really early with my third and this one and called immediately and no problems getting in.

My last baby decided to arrive at 36 weeks and change so I ended up needing to deliver in hospital. But it was a lovely natural delivery with my midwife anyhow. Hoping for a midwife assisted homebirth this time.

[symesa]

Unless we move during this pregnancy, I'm going for a birth center/midwife birth. Last time was in a hospital...and while it was a great birth experience with no interventions at all (and fantastic milkshakes from the caf) I think I'd like the birth center more.

If I get my way, and we can move during this pregnancy then I'm not sure. We'd be moving to a place that has 1 birth center in the entire state...so it would depend on how comfortable I felt with them. Otherwise, off to the hospital...

[alegna]

Second homebirth.

-Angela

[Taedareth]

It would be interesting to run a similar poll next June to see what kind of births we actually had.

[tree_hugger]

I voted birth centre. I would dearly love a homebirth, but the situation is very different here in Australia. Independent midwives are not able to get professional indemnity insurance, so there are very few practicing now. The nearest one to me is an hour and a half drive away, and I've spoken to her before and we didn't "click" at all. Plus no health insurance covers homebirths, so you need to pay $4000 + out of pocket.

So I will book into the birth centre and have my antenatal care from the midwives there. My previous births have been 8 hours, 3 hours and 1.5 hours, so I might just stay home and UC, then go to the BC after for a check up.

I've got a long time to think about it!

[cyrusmama]

I voted birth center. Ds was a hospital birth, induced and I know I don't want that again. I will have a general family practitioner though which should be interesting. Ds I had an OB and a midwife. Midwives are illegal in MO