I told our family about the HB we are having

[momofkellym]

And I had all positive reactions.I was mainly worried my MIL would be freaked but it was totally oppisite.She said only 1 sibling out of 7 was born in a hospital so HB is a natural thing.Whew glad thats over with.Now to talk with my OB and ask her if she'd be my back up instead of actual Dr ...Can you tell I hate confrentation??:lol

[JenMidwife]

So glad to hear it went well w/ your MIL! I hate confrontation too, but am lucky that my in-laws know how to keep their mouths shut! I think they think I'm a little nuts, but that's okay. My mom's a nurse & when I first started talking about HB years ago, she totally freaked, but she's had some time to do some reading & now is on board.

I go see my back-up OB for the first time next week & am a little (a lot!) nervous! :)

[nfbmom]

My Mom freaked at first then after she got used to it she wondered why I didn't become a Midwife! LOL Dh had to be talked into it a bit too but I finally convinced him that since it takes 1/2 hour to set up a csection there wasn't anything that could go wrong that we couldn't get to the hospital in time since we could see the roof of the hospital from our front porch! LOL It was about 4 blocks away.

In-laws were out of town on a mission but after she found out where I'd had the baby she called me up to chew me out, in a nice way that made me laugh. I really do love my mil. After I talked to her about it for awhile I think she felt a bit better about it. I'm thinking about inviting her to this birth.

I've also been lucky that I found a really great Dr that supports homebirth. In his words "In most circumstances homebirth is very safe"! I was excited to hear that. He's also pretty familiar with the homebirth midwives in the area.

[2 in August]

Glad everyone is supporting you. What a great feeling that is!

[ColoradoMama]

That's awesome that they are so supportive! Go family!

JenMidwife - your IL's sound like mine. They think I'm a bit nuts, but they keep their mouths shut. Actually, I think in their case it's more of a "don't give a care", but either way - I don't catch a lot of crap about it!

[carla72]

thats great. It is always shocking to here that from a doc. My family doc supports extended breasfeeding, co-sleeping and his kids were born at home....he doesn't share that with all his patients but when I found out I nearly fell off my chair. It is so nice to feel supported in what you do by a doc...and so rare.

[JenMidwife]

ColoradoMama, yeah it's great to have in-laws who "know there place" isn't it?

carla72, your doc sounds AMAZING! How lucky you are! Can we clone him?! :)

Some people I won't be advertizing my birth plans to are those who I work with. I work in a hospital (not in a maternity unit), there are lots of people pg, just had babies, new grandchildren, etc. Not surprisingly, they have all had VERY medicalized prenatal care (ultrasound @ EVERY appt!) & births. I'm not sure if anyone would be out right rude about my choice, but if I do transfer to the hospital from home, I just can't stand the thought of that "I told you so" stuff (whether they actually say it or just imply it). Hope that makes sense! :)