I am pregnant with my first child.
I am planning a UC.
I live on a military base in Japan.
I have checked with all the right people, and there is no one that has a right to stop me, there are no rules, or policies that prevent me, and I even had a lawyer tell me that the base CPS has no standing whatsoever.
I don't have to fear anyone stopping me from doing this.
I wanted to feel empowered, not like I was doing something wrong, and had to hide it. If people asked me anything about the hospital, I told them I wasn't going, that I was having my baby at home. If they asked about a midwife, I said I wasn't having one. It was incredibly empowering.
Unfortunately a lady from church went to one of my church leaders, and expressed her concern. He called me and my husband into his office, and lectured us. It turns out that he is a NICU Nurse. Oh joy.
I still am planning a UC, but he scared me, How common is it for a baby to really need help? The way he talked you'd think that most babies would die without a hospital.
I have strong faith in my body, and in God, and I beleive that if I need to go to the hospital, I will know.
I'm just scared, I don't want my baby to die.
Actually, I'm scared either way. I am afraid of what harm the doctors might do to my child, and afraid of her dying in the hospital but I am also scared that something will happen and my baby will die at home.
I have read UC stories where the baby did die, and that terrifies me. I'm just feeling so worried, I don't want the hospital for me, or my child, but a UC still scares me.
What books or resources would you recomend that I could read to have knowledge for an emergency situation where something did go horribly wrong?
I am due in about 6-7 weeks.
I want to be calm, and sure of myself, I still feel that UC is best, but I just don't feel prepared properly for this.
I am planning a UC.
I live on a military base in Japan.
I have checked with all the right people, and there is no one that has a right to stop me, there are no rules, or policies that prevent me, and I even had a lawyer tell me that the base CPS has no standing whatsoever.
I don't have to fear anyone stopping me from doing this.
I wanted to feel empowered, not like I was doing something wrong, and had to hide it. If people asked me anything about the hospital, I told them I wasn't going, that I was having my baby at home. If they asked about a midwife, I said I wasn't having one. It was incredibly empowering.
Unfortunately a lady from church went to one of my church leaders, and expressed her concern. He called me and my husband into his office, and lectured us. It turns out that he is a NICU Nurse. Oh joy.
I still am planning a UC, but he scared me, How common is it for a baby to really need help? The way he talked you'd think that most babies would die without a hospital.
I have strong faith in my body, and in God, and I beleive that if I need to go to the hospital, I will know.
I'm just scared, I don't want my baby to die.
Actually, I'm scared either way. I am afraid of what harm the doctors might do to my child, and afraid of her dying in the hospital but I am also scared that something will happen and my baby will die at home.
I have read UC stories where the baby did die, and that terrifies me. I'm just feeling so worried, I don't want the hospital for me, or my child, but a UC still scares me.
What books or resources would you recomend that I could read to have knowledge for an emergency situation where something did go horribly wrong?
I am due in about 6-7 weeks.
I want to be calm, and sure of myself, I still feel that UC is best, but I just don't feel prepared properly for this.