here's my situation. I found out i was pregnant and went in to an OB office that i'd used before. they ran some tests based on how I was feeling and my history of miscarriage and found out that i have some issues concerning antibodies in my blood, also found some lupus issues and they immediately classified me as high risk.
now...i had a homebirth before this pregnancy with a lay midwife who was incredible and we had bonded very strongly at our appts. going to a regular OB was because my partner now (this is his first baby) cannot wrap his brain around having a homebirth and I finally compromised and we decided to go to the natural birth center at a local hospital.
however, being marked as high risk now has bumped me out of the birthing center and into the hospital. Not to mention, during this time, I lost my insurance and had to go on medicaid. Because of this, the OB office who did all my original work and prescribed all my meds, dropped me faster than i could blink and I was left trying to get into a woman's clinic at the hospital, where I KNOW there's no midwives or even certified nurse practitioner's who are of a more natural plane of thinking. I have yet to find an actual OB office who will take medicaid from me (they will if i'm "already established", but not a new patient).
I am almost 4 months now and am desperately trying to find a doctor I can actually SEE, bond with, and figure out my options with.
I am freaked that they will stick me in a crappy hospital room and tell me what "needs" to be done because i'm high risk, leaving me with no options for deciding how to make my birth as natural as possible. I don't want to be strapped to the bed, flat on my back, giving birth in that environment.
Has anyone ever birthed at home, knowing they are high risk? How would I know if what is going on with me would effect the birth or the baby's safety?
what should i do, as someone who doesn't have a regular doctor right now, to ensure that I have the most natural experience possible?
I really just want to have the baby on my bed and not worry about all this high risk crap they're throwing at me.
Please help me out.
now...i had a homebirth before this pregnancy with a lay midwife who was incredible and we had bonded very strongly at our appts. going to a regular OB was because my partner now (this is his first baby) cannot wrap his brain around having a homebirth and I finally compromised and we decided to go to the natural birth center at a local hospital.
however, being marked as high risk now has bumped me out of the birthing center and into the hospital. Not to mention, during this time, I lost my insurance and had to go on medicaid. Because of this, the OB office who did all my original work and prescribed all my meds, dropped me faster than i could blink and I was left trying to get into a woman's clinic at the hospital, where I KNOW there's no midwives or even certified nurse practitioner's who are of a more natural plane of thinking. I have yet to find an actual OB office who will take medicaid from me (they will if i'm "already established", but not a new patient).
I am almost 4 months now and am desperately trying to find a doctor I can actually SEE, bond with, and figure out my options with.
I am freaked that they will stick me in a crappy hospital room and tell me what "needs" to be done because i'm high risk, leaving me with no options for deciding how to make my birth as natural as possible. I don't want to be strapped to the bed, flat on my back, giving birth in that environment.
Has anyone ever birthed at home, knowing they are high risk? How would I know if what is going on with me would effect the birth or the baby's safety?
what should i do, as someone who doesn't have a regular doctor right now, to ensure that I have the most natural experience possible?
I really just want to have the baby on my bed and not worry about all this high risk crap they're throwing at me.
Please help me out.
Not a professional, but saw your post and thought I'd respond.
