Lilg127
03-05-2004, 08:14 AM
DH and I were talking about our birth with our son and what if anything we'd want to do different with the next child (Not yet conceived and won't be till DS is atleast one) and we both really love the idea of a homebirth. He was iffy at first but the idea has completely grown on him.
DS's birth was a wonderful experience. We gave birth at a birthcenter attached to hospital with a CNM. We worked with 3 midwives after we switched (from an awful OB buts a whole another issue) but there were still back up OBs and hospital policy and burecarcy to deal with.
I'm a type II diabetic. I've had my bloodsugars under control for 2 years before my last pregnancy during the entire pregnancy and now 6 months later they are still under control so I know they will be during my next pregnancy (well unless I become stupid and stop following my diet but I obviously won't do that :lol: )
If I could avoid the burecarcy at the birthcenter I'd go back there in a heartbeat even though I desire a homebirth because I loved all three midwives and other than the NST I had take during labor to get into the birth center (Required by the backup OB because of my diabetes) my birth was just perfect. No interventions, I got to labor in water, no one trying to push interventions on me even though I labored over 30 hours. But the NST alone is enough to make me not go back there... I had to be on my back because of how DS was positioned and I learned real quick why they tell women not to labor on their backs :lol I swear to me the NST was more painful than transition.
Anyways so would you as a midwife doing a homebirth take on a mom who has is diagnosed as a Type II diabetic but had it controleed for abotu 5 years (by the time I'm pregnant) including through a pregnancy. Is obviously educated on the birth process and natural birthing and has had a succesful no intervention (except the above mentioned NST) birth in the past.
Its to early for us to talk to people in the area but I'm just curious to get some opinions.
DS's birth was a wonderful experience. We gave birth at a birthcenter attached to hospital with a CNM. We worked with 3 midwives after we switched (from an awful OB buts a whole another issue) but there were still back up OBs and hospital policy and burecarcy to deal with.
I'm a type II diabetic. I've had my bloodsugars under control for 2 years before my last pregnancy during the entire pregnancy and now 6 months later they are still under control so I know they will be during my next pregnancy (well unless I become stupid and stop following my diet but I obviously won't do that :lol: )
If I could avoid the burecarcy at the birthcenter I'd go back there in a heartbeat even though I desire a homebirth because I loved all three midwives and other than the NST I had take during labor to get into the birth center (Required by the backup OB because of my diabetes) my birth was just perfect. No interventions, I got to labor in water, no one trying to push interventions on me even though I labored over 30 hours. But the NST alone is enough to make me not go back there... I had to be on my back because of how DS was positioned and I learned real quick why they tell women not to labor on their backs :lol I swear to me the NST was more painful than transition.
Anyways so would you as a midwife doing a homebirth take on a mom who has is diagnosed as a Type II diabetic but had it controleed for abotu 5 years (by the time I'm pregnant) including through a pregnancy. Is obviously educated on the birth process and natural birthing and has had a succesful no intervention (except the above mentioned NST) birth in the past.
Its to early for us to talk to people in the area but I'm just curious to get some opinions.