I am due in June, and am researching options for childbirth in Jacksonville. As my husband is Navy, I am covered by Tricare. From my understanding, I will need to switch to Tricare Standard to get them to pay for me to have a birth at home or at a birthing center. I plan on making this switch after my 20 week appointment at the end of January.
In the meantime, considering options...I am not sure I want to go the home birth route...I think I would rather do a birthing center. We live in a very small place, without a working bath tub, and I want the option of a water birth, if possible. However, I'd take a home birth over a birth at the Naval Hospital any day.
The most important thing to me is to be surrounded by people who are supportive, not those who will push their birthing methods on me, try to bully me into having drugs, etc. My prenatal experience at the Naval hospital this far has been extremely sub par, and I am fed up with it.
Does anyone know of any birthing centers or CNM's in this area?
In the meantime, considering options...I am not sure I want to go the home birth route...I think I would rather do a birthing center. We live in a very small place, without a working bath tub, and I want the option of a water birth, if possible. However, I'd take a home birth over a birth at the Naval Hospital any day.
The most important thing to me is to be surrounded by people who are supportive, not those who will push their birthing methods on me, try to bully me into having drugs, etc. My prenatal experience at the Naval hospital this far has been extremely sub par, and I am fed up with it.
Does anyone know of any birthing centers or CNM's in this area?