HBAC stories needed

[AngelaB]

I have just been to the second OB and still do not feel comfortable birthing my child in a hospital. I keep thinking that someone will try and pull a fast one on me. I am researching home birth and I must admit I am scared of that as well. I am not feeling confident in my ability to do this at home but I think that if something were to go wrong, it would most likely happen at the hospital.
I talked to the second OB (who is an hour away) and he said that however I wanted to have my baby was fine. He said that he would leave me alone unless there was an emergency. I told him that I would not come to the hospital until I was good and ready. He said that he was fine with that. He doesnt do routine epesiotomies and has experience with vaginal breech births also. So I should feel reassured but I dont ,not the way I was hoping.
The first OB wanted to give me an epidural the minute I walked in the door and he had to make sure I heard a horror story before he said he would support any decision I would make. The second doctor is more liberal and so is the college town where I would be laboring. But I just dont know. I dont think I have explored all the options.
I am also on the medical card and midwives only partialy are covered. And it depends on if the midwife takes the medical card. We could pay for it but I am nervous about the midwife being tainted by; the medical world.
Any words of wisdom are welcomed.
by the way if i choose to birth naturaly in a hospital and i have uterine instability, it will still take about 10 to 30 minutes to get the baby out by c in either facility. So having the baby at home wont really make the risk of things taking longer any greater.
AngelaB

[Baby Phat]

Just a quick word because DD is waking. I had a VBAC in a very small birth center, and it was literally just like birthing in someone else's house. Our own home is far too small and lacks privacy from many neighbors, so I would have been uncomfortable here. As it was, it was PERFECT. Was home a few hours after the birth -- felt like driving home after a party. We didn't have insurance at the time, so we paid the midwife and birth center costs ourselves. Best money I've ever spent. Wonderful to have had it be a normal family event. Can't even imagine having a baby in a hospital anymore -- that would be weird. Never once during labor felt anxious about anything medical. Things were totally normal.

Best of luck! ~

[Mommy22B]

I just wanted to mention that we are on Medicaid and they wont cover my midwife. She is great about payment and is only charging $900. We are going to pay it from my dh's school grant this january. So don't worry too much about cost until you talk to a midwife. They are usually really flexible.
Good luck whatever you choose!
beth