UC Survey from unhindered living - Page 2

[Marlet]

1. Your age at the time of the birth 21
2. Date of the birth August 2008
3. Sex of the baby Female
4. Weight of the baby 6 lbs 13 ounces at 18 hours old (no idea what she was at birth or how much, if any, weight she lost in those first 18 hours)
5. Number of weeks gestation at time of birth 40 weeks 1 day
6. Did you receive any "professional" prenatal care from a doctor or
midwife? If you did, how many visits did you have? No
7. Would you b econsidered low, medium, or high risk by a physician,
and why? Hmmm tough. Most likely medium due to circumstances with my first birth. They were user error though and not actually anything to do with my body. I'd say between low and medium.
8. Did you experience any complications during your birth? If so,
what? No
9. Did you transport to the hospital? No
10. Did the baby see a doctor after birth? If so, why? No. We did take her in at 18 hours old to my MIL's work (health department) and had the WIC office weigh and measure her. Turns out it was a good thing since we had to refile her birth certificate and needed to get another form of proof of birth (the original form was lost
11. Is this your first unassisted birth? Was it planned or unplanned? Yes and no. It was my second planned one but my first successful one. It was very much planned.
12. Please break your births down into categories:

# unassisted 1
# assisted hospital birth 1
# assisted homebirth
# assisted birth center birth


13. Did you have insurance at the time of your birth that would have
covered your birth? No. This was NOT a factor though. Had we had insurance we still would have done a UP/UC.

[elfinbaby]

1. Your age at the time of the birth 34
2. Date of the birth 6-27-08
3. Sex of the baby M
4. Weight of the baby 9#
5. Number of weeks gestation at time of birth 40 wks
6. Did you receive any "professional" prenatal care from a doctor or
midwife? If you did, how many visits did you have? MW - 4 visits
7. Would you b econsidered low, medium, or high risk by a physician,
and why? low - healthy, no complications in past pregnancies/birth
8. Did you experienceany complications during your birth? If so,
what? no
9. Did you transport to the hospital? no
10. Did the baby see a doctor after birth? If so, why? no, he was healthy
11. Is this your first unassisted birth? Was it planned or unplanned? yes, planned
12. Please break your births down into categories:

# unassisted 1
# assisted hospital birth
# assisted homebirth 2
# assisted birth center birth 1


13. Did you have insurance at the time of your birth that would have
covered your birth? No, I've never been insured as an adult. However, that has never been a factor in deciding where to birth or who to birth with.

[MyBoysBlue]

1. Your age at the time of the birth
#1 25
#2 29 UC
2. Date of the birth - 10/17/06
3. Sex of the baby Both Boys
4. Weight of the baby My UC baby was 7 pounds 4 ounces 12 hours after birth
5. Number of weeks gestation at time of birth 39 weeks 4 days
6. Did you receive any "professional" prenatal care from a doctor or
midwife? If you did, how many visits did you have? I had monthly visits to a Family doctor until 36 weeks.
7. Would you be considered low, medium, or high risk by a physician,
and why? Low Risk - I had one very easy pregnancy and hospital birth already.
8. Did you experience any complications during your birth? If so,
what? I had the placenta hang by the membranes for a few minutes until we could look it up in Heart and Hands and see that we just needed to twist it into a rope. It wasn't something I had come across in my preparations.
9. Did you transport to the hospital? No
10. Did the baby see a doctor after birth? If so, why? Yes we took our baby to see the doctor the next day. I was GBS + so I wanted a blood test to see if he picked it up.
11. Is this your first unassisted birth? Was it planned or unplanned? Yes first UC and it was planned unplanned. Meaning we planned an Oops.
12. Please break your births down into categories:

# unassisted - 1
# assisted hospital birth - 1
# assisted homebirth
# assisted birth center birth


13. Did you have insurance at the time of your birth that would have
covered your birth?
Yes I'm in Canada so everything would have been covered for a hospital birth but I would of had to pay for a Midwife which ranges in the 2-3 thousand.

[thismommy]

1. Your age at the time of the birth 23 almost 24
2. Date of the birth 8/13/06
3. Sex of the baby Female
4. Weight of the baby 6lb12oz
5. Number of weeks gestation at time of birth 39w3d
6. Did you receive any "professional" prenatal care from a doctor or
midwife? If you did, how many visits did you have? I had a few OB visits through 13 weeks and several birth center visits from 28-39 weeks.
7. Would you be considered low, medium, or high risk by a physician,
and why? Low risk, no weight gain issues, no GD, no GBS, no BP issues, no issues with my previous birth
8. Did you experience any complications during your birth? If so,
what? No
9. Did you transport to the hospital? No
10. Did the baby see a doctor after birth? If so, why? No, the baby nurse from the birth center came by and weighed her
11. Is this your first unassisted birth? Was it planned or unplanned? First, it was very planned
12. Please break your births down into categories:

# unassisted 1 (planning our second)
# assisted hospital birth 1
# assisted homebirth
# assisted birth center birth


13. Did you have insurance at the time of your birth that would have
covered your birth? No, we would have UC'd anyways though

[JesseMomme]

Does anyone know if Judie is collecting these stats still? I know a long time ago she did, and every once in a while would update. I know ds3 is included but I think I remember sending an email after having dd and didn't get a response.

[mataji4]

1. Your age at the time of the birth 31
2. Date of the birth 6/05/07
3. Sex of the baby Male
4. Weight of the baby 10lb 12oz
5. Number of weeks gestation at time of birth 40w1d
6. Did you receive any "professional" prenatal care from a doctor or
midwife? If you did, how many visits did you have? One visit with CPM, listened to heart tones with doppler at 17 weeks.
7. Would you be considered low, medium, or high risk by a physician,
and why? Low risk
8. Did you experience any complications during your birth? If so,
what? No
9. Did you transport to the hospital? No
10. Did the baby see a doctor after birth? If so, why? No
11. Is this your first unassisted birth? Was it planned or unplanned? Yes it was our first unassisted, and it was planned
12. Please break your births down into categories:

# unassisted 1
# assisted hospital birth
# assisted homebirth 3
# assisted birth center birth


13. Did you have insurance at the time of your birth that would have
covered your birth? Yes,in the hospital

[ScarletBegonias]

1. Your age at the time of the birth 25
2. Date of the birth 2-21-08
3. Sex of the baby male
4. Weight of the baby 8 lb 6 oz
5. Number of weeks gestation at time of birth 40 + 2
6. Did you receive any "professional" prenatal care from a doctor or
midwife? If you did, how many visits did you have? no
7. Would you b econsidered low, medium, or high risk by a physician,
and why? low
8. Did you experienceany complications during your birth? If so,
what? 42 hour stop and start labor
9. Did you transport to the hospital? no
10. Did the baby see a doctor after birth? If so, why? no
11. Is this your first unassisted birth? Was it planned or unplanned? yes, planned
12. Please break your births down into categories:

# unassisted 1
# assisted hospital birth 0
# assisted homebirth 1
# assisted birth center birth 0

13. Did you have insurance at the time of your birth that would have
covered your birth? yes, hospital and homebirth midwife

Thanks for participating!

Judie C. Rall, C.C.E. [e-mail][/QUOTE]

[Serenyd]

Originally Posted by JesseMomme

Does anyone know if Judie is collecting these stats still? I know a long time ago she did, and every once in a while would update. I know ds3 is included but I think I remember sending an email after having dd and didn't get a response.

This was the survey she sent me a couple months after my ds was born in jan 08. As far as I know she still wants them. I did email her recently tho, and haven't heard back yet. Will try again soon.

[1babysmom]

Has everyone taken the UC survey?

1. Your age at the time of the birth
22
2. Date of the birth
5-23-08
3. Sex of the baby
Female
4. Weight of the baby
7lbs 12oz
5. Number of weeks gestation at time of birth
40 weeks
6. Did you receive any "professional" prenatal care from a doctor or
midwife? If you did, how many visits did you have?
5 Direct Entry Midwife visits starting at 22 weeks
7. Would you b econsidered low, medium, or high risk by a physician,
and why?
Low risk, although I do have a miscarriage hx but it's not enough to make me "high risk"
8. Did you experienceany complications during your birth? If so,
what?
None
9. Did you transport to the hospital?
No
10. Did the baby see a doctor after birth? If so, why?
No
11. Is this your first unassisted birth? Was it planned or unplanned?
Yes. Planned since right after the hospital birth of my first.
12. Please break your births down into categories:

# unassisted 1
# assisted hospital birth 1

13. Did you have insurance at the time of your birth that would have
covered your birth?
Yes, but only if it were a hospital birth.

[mykidsrock]

1. Your age at the time of the birth 26
2. Date of the birth 12/18/05
3. Sex of the baby Female
4. Weight of the baby 8 lb 13 oz
5. Number of weeks gestation at time of birth 39w 1d
6. Did you receive any "professional" prenatal care from a doctor or
midwife? If you did, how many visits did you have? 2 early OB visits due to some heavy bleeding (had a previous m/c)...5 or 6 midwife visits...then did my own prenatals from 7 months on
7. Would you b econsidered low, medium, or high risk by a physician,
and why? Low, unless the early bleeding propelled me into a higher risk category.
8. Did you experienceany complications during your birth? If so,
what? Nope
9. Did you transport to the hospital? No
10. Did the baby see a doctor after birth? If so, why? No
11. Is this your first unassisted birth? Was it planned or unplanned? This was my first UC. It was planned. Originally we were going to have a MW assisted birth at my husband's request, but then we mutally decided to have a UC because we were moving out of state. I had wanted a UC all along and had already been studying up on it. We knew we could do it and the move provided us the opportunity and helped my hubby change his mind.
12. Please break your births down into categories:

# unassisted homebirth 1
# assisted hospital birth 3
# assisted homebirth
# assisted birth center birth


13. Did you have insurance at the time of your birth that would have
covered your birth? Yes.

















1. Your age at the time of the birth 28
2. Date of the birth 11/07/07
3. Sex of the baby male
4. Weight of the baby 10lb 0oz
5. Number of weeks gestation at time of birth 40w 6d
6. Did you receive any "professional" prenatal care from a doctor or
midwife? If you did, how many visits did you have? Nope
7. Would you b econsidered low, medium, or high risk by a physician,
and why? Low, unless they considered his size and being posterior a problem.
8. Did you experience any complications during your birth? If so,
what? He wasn't coming down when I hit transition, so I had to get him to rotate into the right position. It was a lot of work on my part, but it wasn't a complication at home, although it would've been if I had been strapped to a hospital bed.
9. Did you transport to the hospital? No
10. Did the baby see a doctor after birth? If so, why? We had a home visit when he was 5 days old. We did it for the birth cert. Baby checked out perfectly!
11. Is this your first unassisted birth? Was it planned or unplanned? 2nd. Planned.
12. Please break your births down into categories:

# unassisted homebirth 2
# assisted hospital birth 3
# assisted homebirth
# assisted birth center birth


13. Did you have insurance at the time of your birth that would have
covered your birth? Yes.

[Multimomma]

Has everyone taken the UC survey?

1. Your age at the time of the birth

1st-29, 2nd-32

2. Date of the birth

7/03 and 11/05

3. Sex of the baby

M and F

4. Weight of the baby

10lbs8oz and 11lbs2oz

5. Number of weeks gestation at time of birth

41wks1day and 43wks

6. Did you receive any "professional" prenatal care from a doctor or
midwife? If you did, how many visits did you have?

No

7. Would you b econsidered low, medium, or high risk by a physician,
and why?

high risk due to vbac

8. Did you experienceany complications during your birth? If so,
what?

shoulder dystocia with first UC, and malpresentation with second UC

9. Did you transport to the hospital?

no

10. Did the baby see a doctor after birth? If so, why?

no

11. Is this your first unassisted birth? Was it planned or unplanned?

both were planned

12. Please break your births down into categories:

# unassisted -2
# assisted hospital birth -4
# assisted homebirth -1
# assisted birth center birth -0


13. Did you have insurance at the time of your birth that would have
covered your birth?

Would have covered a csection, not homebirth or vbac.

[Eco_momma]

Has everyone taken the UC survey?

1. Your age at the time of the birth ~ 24
2. Date of the birth ~ April 18, 2007
3. Sex of the baby ~ boy =)
4. Weight of the baby ~ 8lbs 8oz
5. Number of weeks gestation at time of birth 40 wks 2 days
6. Did you receive any "professional" prenatal care from a doctor or
midwife? If you did, how many visits did you have? ~ I had 5 visits with an OBGYN ( hubby insisted) and 4 visits with a midwife. We also had a u/s.
7. Would you b econsidered low, medium, or high risk by a physician,
and why? ~ low, my bp was fine, both the baby and I were in perfect health and there was no way in hell they could drag me to a Hospital!
8. Did you experienceany complications during your birth? If so,
what? ~ none at all.
9. Did you transport to the hospital? ~ Nope!
10. Did the baby see a doctor after birth? If so, why? ~ he seen a chiropractor a day of two after his birth but that's it
11. Is this your first unassisted birth? Was it planned or unplanned? it was my first and my second will be in five weeks!
12. Please break your births down into categories:

# unassisted
# assisted hospital birth
# assisted homebirth
# assisted birth center birth
* planned MW attended HB ending in UC!!

13. Did you have insurance at the time of your birth that would have
covered your birth? ~ sure did. But we didn't use it since it over covered hospital care.

[amberskyfire]

1. Your age at the time of the birth
28
2. Date of the birth
March 13, 2008
3. Sex of the baby
Female
4. Weight of the baby
7lb 9oz
5. Number of weeks gestation at time of birth
39 (she was born 5 days before the 40th week)
6. Did you receive any "professional" prenatal care from a doctor or
midwife? If you did, how many visits did you have?
I did my own prenatal care AND also had free services from a midwife. They did no internal exams and used no ultrasound or doppler. I was too poor to purchase equipment, so I used their services for charting my weight, taking blood pressure, and checking fetal heart tones with a fetoscope as well as taking advantage of the free massage!
7. Would you be considered low, medium, or high risk by a physician,
and why?
My midwives were concerned about a small amount of sugar I was spilling in my urine, so a physician probably would have labeled me medium risk at best. I simply cut out sugar from my diet.
8. Did you experienceany complications during your birth? If so,
what?
It depends on what you'd consider a "complication." I had a small amount of hemorrhage which I cured by biting the placenta. Baby was born with cord around neck and I simply unwrapped her. She also had meconium in her waters which caused us no trouble.
9. Did you transport to the hospital?
no
10. Did the baby see a doctor after birth? If so, why?
In our state, pediatricians will not take on a new baby after 2 weeks of age, so I did take her for a quick well-baby visit at 2 weeks old. He just looked at her, declared her healthy and we went home.
11. Is this your first unassisted birth? Was it planned or unplanned?
This is my first unassisted birth. I have been planning it for 8 years.
12. Please break your births down into categories:

1 # unassisted
0 # assisted hospital birth
0 # assisted homebirth
0 # assisted birth center birth


13. Did you have insurance at the time of your birth that would have
covered your birth?
Yes. I have full-coverage medicare.

[sunnymw]

1. Your age at the time of the birth
21

2. Date of the birth
July 10, 2008 (on the due date!)

3. Sex of the baby
Male

4. Weight of the baby
8lbs 4oz

5. Number of weeks gestation at time of birth
40 even

6. Did you receive any "professional" prenatal care from a doctor
or
midwife? If you did, how many visits did you have?
Yes, regular care until we let her go at 28 weeks

7. Would you b econsidered low, medium, or high risk by a physician,
and why?
Low

8. Did you experienceany complications during your birth? If so,
what?
Borderline hemorrhage... much more than 2 cups, honestly, but was handled well by Shepherd's Purse and placenta

9. Did you transport to the hospital?
No

10. Did the baby see a doctor after birth? If so, why?
Yes... my husband needed a doctor's note to avoid being penalized for missing work

11. Is this your first unassisted birth? Was it planned or unplanned?
Yes, it was planned

12. Please break your births down into categories:

# unassisted 1
# assisted hospital birth 1
# assisted homebirth 0
# assisted birth center birth 0


13. Did you have insurance at the time of your birth that would have
covered your birth?
Yes

[TopHat]

1. Your age at the time of the birth 22
2. Date of the birth 29 March 2008
3. Sex of the baby female
4. Weight of the baby 8 lbs. 7 oz.
5. Number of weeks gestation at time of birth 42 weeks, 3 days from LMP, but with a 25 day cycle and early ovulation- exactly 43 weeks
6. Did you receive any "professional" prenatal care from a doctor or
midwife? no If you did, how many visits did you have? N/A
7. Would you b econsidered low, medium, or high risk by a physician,
and why? low- young, first birth, low BP, avg. weight gain, maybe going past 42 weeks would have put me in high risk- I don't know
8. Did you experienceany complications during your birth? If so,
what? 44 hour labor- lengthy perhaps?
9. Did you transport to the hospital? I went for stitches- out of hospital in 3 hours
10. Did the baby see a doctor after birth? If so, why? no, didn't bother. for the stitches, I went to the hospital witrh a friend and DH brought the baby up for feeding once I was established in the room. That way she wasn't admitted which prevented the stay from being long
11. Is this your first unassisted birth? yes Was it planned or unplanned? planned
12. Please break your births down into categories:

# unassisted 1
# assisted hospital birth 0
# assisted homebirth 0
# assisted birth center birth 0
this was my first birth

13. Did you have insurance at the time of your birth that would have
covered your birth? yes- fully covered

[nolonger]

1. Your age at the time of the birth

42

2. Date of the birth
'1/08

3. Sex of the baby

male

4. Weight of the baby

8 lbs + a few ounces

5. Number of weeks gestation at time of birth

36 weeks 5 days

6. Did you receive any "professional" prenatal care from a doctor or
midwife?

no

7. Would you b econsidered low, medium, or high risk by a physician,
and why?

high risk because of my age

8. Did you experienceany complications during your birth?

no

9. Did you transport to the hospital?

no

10. Did the baby see a doctor after birth?

no

11. Is this your first unassisted birth?

yes

Was it planned or unplanned?

planned

12. Please break your births down into categories:

# unassisted 1
# assisted hospital birth 0
# assisted homebirth 3
# assisted birth center birth 0


13. Did you have insurance at the time of your birth that would have
covered your birth?

not a home birth

Thanks for participating!

[AmeliasMum]

1. Your age at the time of the birth: 29

2. Date of the birth: 06 October 2006

3. Sex of the baby: Female

4. Weight of the baby: 6lbs 2oz

5. Number of weeks gestation at time of birth: 42wks 4d

6. Did you receive any "professional" prenatal care from a doctor or
midwife? If you did, how many visits did you have?: Yes. 3 prenatal visits w/Midwife and 2 ultrasounds. One at 19wks and one at 39wks.

7. Would you b econsidered low, medium, or high risk by a physician,
and why?: Low risk. Health was/is great, age was/is good.

8. Did you experience any complications during your birth? If so,
what?: Hyperemesis; self-treated
9. Did you transport to the hospital?: No

10. Did the baby see a doctor after birth? If so, why? : No

11. Is this your first unassisted birth? Was it planned or unplanned?: First birth, and it was very planned.

12. Please break your births down into categories:

# unassisted: 1
# assisted hospital birth: 0
# assisted homebirth: 0
# assisted birth center birth: 0


13. Did you have insurance at the time of your birth that would have
covered your birth?: Yes

[vegemamato]

1. Your age at the time of the birth
26
2. Date of the birth
2/17/08
3. Sex of the baby
female
4. Weight of the baby
unknown (guessing between 7-8 lbs)
5. Number of weeks gestation at time of birth
41
6. Did you receive any "professional" prenatal care from a doctor or
midwife? If you did, how many visits did you have?
yes, 3 visits prior to 18 weeks
7. Would you be econsidered low, medium, or high risk by a physician,
and why?
low
8. Did you experienceany complications during your birth? If so,
what?
pp hemorrhage
9. Did you transport to the hospital?
no
10. Did the baby see a doctor after birth? If so, why?
no
11. Is this your first unassisted birth? Was it planned or unplanned?
yes and yes
12. Please break your births down into categories:

# unassisted 1
# assisted hospital birth 2
# assisted homebirth 0
# assisted birth center birth 0


13. Did you have insurance at the time of your birth that would have
covered your birth?
yes

[crittersmom]

1. Your age at the time of the birth 31
2. Date of the birth 5/19/08
3. Sex of the baby male
4. Weight of the baby over 8 lbs. the scale was off
5. Number of weeks gestation at time of birth 40 weeks and 5 days according to an U/S at 20 weeks
6. Did you receive any "professional" prenatal care from a doctor or
midwife? If you did, how many visits did you have? I had care from 29 weeks to 37 weeks
7. Would you b econsidered low, medium, or high risk by a physician,
and why?According to a Dr I am classed as high risk because I had high blood pressure at one time, even though it was not during a pregnancy or connected and resolved itself.When I was in W they were even more insistent that I was high risk because I once had an asthma attack in high school and I was told it could come back at any time.
8. Did you experienceany complications during your birth? If so,
what? No complications
9. Did you transport to the hospital? no
10. Did the baby see a doctor after birth? If so, why? Yes, to get proof of birth so that he could be enrolled in DH's records (he is military) and for the newborn screen
11. Is this your first unassisted birth? Was it planned or unplanned? Yes, my first unassisted and it was planned to be an oops safer to stay home
12. Please break your births down into categories:

# unassisted my fourth was unassisted
# assisted hospital birth 1,2,and 3 were assisted although 3 came before the Dr could catch her
# assisted homebirth
# assisted birth center birth


13. Did you have insurance at the time of your birth that would have
covered your birth? yes we had insurance but it would not have covered a MW at home, only a birth at a military hospital.

[rabbitmum]

If you don't mind a Norwegian UC that took place 20 years ago:

1. Your age at the time of the birth - 22
2. Date of the birth - 22/7/1988
3. Sex of the baby - male
4. Weight of the baby - abt 7 pounds (3500 g)
5. Number of weeks gestation at time of birth - 40
6. Did you receive any "professional" prenatal care from a doctor or
midwife? If you did, how many visits did you have? - Yes, a midwife. Abt 8.
7. Would you b econsidered low, medium, or high risk by a physician,
and why? - High risk because of previous hemmorhage
8. Did you experienceany complications during your birth? If so,
what? - No
9. Did you transport to the hospital? - Yes, after the birth
10. Did the baby see a doctor after birth? If so, why? - Yes, for no specific reason other than routine
11. Is this your first unassisted birth? Was it planned or unplanned? - yes, and unplanned
12. Please break your births down into categories:

# unassisted - 1
# assisted hospital birth - 2
# assisted homebirth
# assisted birth center birth


13. Did you have insurance at the time of your birth that would have
covered your birth? - Yes, through the National Health Service