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post #41 of 58
6/7/08 at 1:37pm
I live on an island with no hospital, so homebirth is pretty much the norm. So, we'll have a homebirth with a midwife, I'll make sure to have a doula this time, and I'm also hoping to give birth in the water.

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post #42 of 58
6/7/08 at 6:49pm
I'm wavering between a hospital waterbirth with midwives and a homebirth with midwives. Homebirth is "illegal" in my state, so that makes me a bit doubtful, but it's still a possibility. My other option is a midwife group that practices out of a hospital. They offer waterbirths and baby-friendly atmosphere, so it might be a good option.
post #43 of 58
6/7/08 at 8:17pm
We will be having our 1st home birth and I am incredibly excited!

I just hope it's not snowing if we need to transfer because the hospitals are both 45 minutes away in good weather. That won't be fun!
post #44 of 58
6/7/08 at 8:31pm
Home...no question! Yarrow was a planned homebirth gone bad and I STILL am going to birth stay home...it will also be HBAC as Yarrow was a crash csection...anyone want to talk about how safe homebirth is, they can talk to me! We pretty much had the most dangerous complication you can have at a homebirth, a cord prolapse and everything was still fine!
post #45 of 58
6/8/08 at 9:02pm

Homebirth for me.

Assuming that this pregnancy is a normal pregnancy like my 3 previous ones, I'm planning on a homebirth. If I can find a midwife that accepts my HMO which is through medicaid, than I'll have my delivery attended by a midwife. But if I can't then I'm going for an unattended homebirth with the hubby. I know I can do it cause I gave birth to my last 2 boys in the labor room without an OB present. They both showed up after the babies were born. I'm looking forward to this experience very much.
post #46 of 58
6/8/08 at 9:53pm
The hospital DS was born in was an incredible experience. Lots of supportive women around, family room with constant baby contact, middle of the night attentiveness...Of course, it's a forty minute drive into the city, but I kinda pushed the issue on my husband. I shall push again!! Relentless shrew that I am!
post #47 of 58
6/8/08 at 11:11pm
At home with the same midwife I had for my girls.
post #48 of 58
6/9/08 at 12:39pm
I am deciding b/t a hospital midwife and a homebirth midwife. I'm kind of having a hard time, though, b/c the local home and birth center midwives won't attend to VBAC's :
post #49 of 58
6/9/08 at 11:26pm
so i heard that only two birth centers in the area have midwives that will still attend home births. And even though we live in the city, the places are outside of the city...BUT MY wonderful DH was talking to my friend and she is friends with a midwife at one of those centers that no longer does home births. She said she would call her personally and introduce us. She assures DH that this midwife will do a home birth for me. AHHH how nice to know people.

and I guess DH is warming up to the idea, he was hesitant at first.
post #50 of 58
6/10/08 at 8:51am
Trying to get hubby on board with a homebirth with midwife and doula.

First was in a hospital. It was OK. Could have been worse, could have been better. Looking forward to being with only family directly after this time.

-luv
post #51 of 58
6/10/08 at 1:04pm
We're hoping for a birth center-that's as crunchy as I could get DH to agree with I would love a homebirth, but it freaks him out. I'll take what I can get.
post #52 of 58
6/12/08 at 6:14am
Im thinking the hospital. I had originally wanted to do a waterbirth, but since it has taken some long for me to get pregnant the Drs are treating it as a highrisk pregnancy so for right now Im going to plan on the hospital. If things had gone perfectly I would have wanted a waterbirth for sure, but I would rather just err on the side of caution!

Also I do want the epidual.. I have had such severe cramps and period pain the past 10 years ( the drs tell me its the same as going into labor every month) but without getting a baby at the end, ( but I have nothing to compare it to so who knows) that I just really want to minimize the pain! And i know there is going to be alot! Although the thought has crossed my mind that if I can handel it monthly I could do it one more time... so I will cross that path when i get there....
post #53 of 58
6/12/08 at 10:14am
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Originally Posted by KellyKA23 View Post

Also I do want the epidual.. I have had such severe cramps and period pain the past 10 years ( the drs tell me its the same as going into labor every month) but without getting a baby at the end, ( but I have nothing to compare it to so who knows) that I just really want to minimize the pain! And i know there is going to be alot! Although the thought has crossed my mind that if I can handel it monthly I could do it one more time... so I will cross that path when i get there....
I would still encourage you to research other pain control methods. I have two friends, one who was not allowed an epidural because of a fever and another whose didn't take, who later said they wished they'd better prepared themselves for that possibility.
post #54 of 58
6/12/08 at 10:52am
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Although the thought has crossed my mind that if I can handel it monthly I could do it one more time... so I will cross that path when i get there....
You are right on!

I, too, used to have horrible period cramps every month, to the point where I could not stand up and had to just curl up on the ground b/c it was so unbearable. Then, I had pitocin-induced labor with my twin pregnancy (which I've been told is twice as painful as natural labor) b/c I didn't know any better at the time, and it wasn't any worse than the cramps I used to get with my period. So, I too would recommend reconsidering the epidural! You can do it!
post #55 of 58
6/12/08 at 12:52pm
Having a trained attendant at my homebirth is illegal in my state, and I'm not wanting to plan a UC (I think UC is awesome, but I personally need the support of the midwife there, plus I needed O2 last time and want to have that available), so I'll be crossing state lines to birth at a rental house or a friend's house. Not totally decided yet.

My first was in a hospital because he was a preterm. Didn't do any pain meds, although I was tempted. My second was born at a "birth house" across state lines, and it was so much less painful than the hospital birth!!! The ability to be up and moving around with nothing attached to me was awesome. And the atmosphere felt a LOT more like home. I'm hoping for a waterbirth this time. Tried last time, but the tub wasn't filled quick enough.

Also, for those with skeptical DHs... Mine was the biggest skeptic, but I still talked him into an out-of-hospital birth with our first (which obviously we didn't get to do, but we had been planning to do it). DH is now very much pro-homebirth. His biggest issue was safety, and once the safety issue was addressed, especially after talking to the midwife, he was a lot more comfortable with the idea. Then after having a hospital birth and an out-of-hospital birth, he saw how much calmer everything was, how much less pain I was in, etc... It was just good all around. And the biggest thing that got him was the fact that the midwives practiced evidence based medicine more than the OBs did!
post #56 of 58
6/12/08 at 12:53pm
At home, just like the previous 8. (first was a hospital birth)
post #57 of 58
6/12/08 at 5:46pm
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Originally Posted by an9elkatie View Post
You are right on!
I didn't know any better at the time, and it wasn't any worse than the cramps I used to get with my period. So, I too would recommend reconsidering the epidural! You can do it!

Thanks Katie! I definitely think I will look into it more!!!!
post #58 of 58
6/12/08 at 10:54pm
I'm a paramedic in a small mountain town with no hospital, and today really made me think about our birth plan ...
We delivered a baby this morning at the little clinic. That's not 'supposed' tp happen, although it does, often. We deliver a bunch of babies up here, either because mama waited until transport wasn't possible, or baby came in a hurry.
We have a local nurse who was a midwife, but can't practice legally here because we're too far from the nearest hospital (1-2 hr drive). So she's always called in for local births (in her capacity as 'nurse' ... midwifing on the sly).
Attending this one this morning... I wondered about maybe waiting 'until it's too late to transport' so that this lovely and experienced midwife can deliver our baby in the same fashion.
The births that I've attended with her are med free, and good for mama and babe (skin-to-skin contact right away, eating and drinking, moving around, letting the cord go pulseless before cutting ... etc). BUT if something were to go wrong ... it's a LONG way to special care. Even by helicopter.

So maybe we'll stick with our original plan and do a homebirth at my sister's place in the city.

Wow. That was a ramble. Apologies.

ETA: Baby is fine, by the way! He showed up at 11:42 after only an hour and a half of labour, and he is wee ... 5 lb 6 oz. We took him and mama down to the hospital this afternoon for observation.
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