Comments on: Home Birth Option

By: Christy, Home♥Mom

Christy, Home♥Mom — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:33:27 +0000

I will be having my 4th baby but 3rd homebirth this fall. I’ve had 1 terrible hospital experience then a wonderful homebirth, but my 2nd homebirth was pretty painful because the little bugger was turned the wrong way. Now preparing for my next birth I’m still really anxious, I don’t know what to expect but homebirth is the first and only option for us. I don’t agree with the methods and theology of hospitals. I’ve seen them pull a baby out like its in some danger, they are just too much in a hurry in delivery rooms.

I’ll be posting my birth stories sometime soon loved reading everyones.

By: Christy, Home♥Mom

Christy, Home♥Mom — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:29:54 +0000

what a great story! I’m contemplating a water birth and didn’t think about the bathtub, well I did but think it’s too small.

Having my 3rd homebirth in nov.

By: JCF

JCF — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:20:04 +0000

I had my first baby at a very natural birth-friendly hospital, which wasn’t quite as posh as the one closest to my house, but I think it was worth giving up in-room pedicures and more food choices for birth tubs and supportive L&D nurses. As far as hospital experiences go, I think I had a pretty good one, and I was able to have a natural delivery without any pressure for intervention from doctors or nurses. For that birth, we had originally planned on delivering at a nearby birth center, but it closed unexpectedly 8 weeks before my due date. Had it been earlier in my pregnancy, I think I might have considered home birth, but my husband and I didn’t feel comfortable making that decision and seeking out a midwife that late in the pregnancy. Knowing what I know now, I would have planned a home birth from the start!

My second was born at home, and although I felt confident and empowered after my son’s natural hospital birth, nothing could have prepared me for how wonderful I felt after my home birth. My daughter was born in our bath tub, and I was the one who picked her up out of the water, announced that it was a girl, and I held her without interruption for about 30 minutes. The midwife was able to check her breathing and heart and attend to me while I cuddled my baby in the tub. When I said that I was ready and the placenta had been delivered, my husband held the baby while the midwife helped me rinse off in the shower, put a bathrobe on, and get into our bed. I was served food from my own kitchen, we received visitors at our leisure, and I slept like a dream that night. My recovery from that birth was so much faster than my first, and I believe it was because I was comfortable and able to rest.

We are currently expecting our third baby and planning another home birth–I can’t wait!

By: Amy @ Six Flower Mom

Amy @ Six Flower Mom — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:17:16 +0000

I had my first three children at a cold hospital – yuck! I delivered with my surrogacy at a birth center – ok! I delivered my last three children ay home – EMPOWERING, BEAUTIFUL! I know that homebirths are not the norm these days but if I could go back that would indeed be my choice!

By: Rachel McFadden

Rachel McFadden — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:26:29 +0000

It is wonderful that you found an OB that is supportive of you! I can understand that some people are not comfortable with that option, but for me its the opposite, of not being comfortable with the hospital.

By: Rachel McFadden

Rachel McFadden — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:00:57 +0000

Mine came quickly too, I was 10 cm when I got to the birth center and went through transition in the car ride there…so that’s also a concern of mine! If I have to go back there again I’ll definitely leave earlier!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:53:54 +0000

We gave birth at a birthing center but it’s only 15mins away. I have been thinking about a home birth because my son came so quickly and they always say the second comes faster than the first. Plus I would really like to sleep after the next birth because I didn’t sleep a bit after the first. I never thought about finding out if the insurance would cover it but now I will! They covered most of my first at the birthing center.
Insurance companies would rather you give birth in a hospital setting because of liablity. People will sue over anything and everything and hospitals have their own insurance for that.

By: Chili Pepper

Chili Pepper — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:14:41 +0000

Home birth would definitely be my first option. Because of my 7 high risk pregnancies and several difficult deliveries where our babies were in trouble my hubby is not comfortable with that option. I had several midwife deliveries early on but midwives are no longer allowed to practice here. I found an OB with a midwife mentality that we fell in love with. I have a good and obviously long standing relationship with her and we compromised to come up with a plan that all three of us were comfortable with. We had a hospital delivery with a quiet setting in which my doctor allowed us to make the decisions and then discharged us after making sure my glucose and babies (I am diabetic) was stable, so that we were back home in 12 hours.

Kat