Quote:
Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
A friend of mine is a nurse midwife and had both of her babies at home in her own bed. She looks so happy and comfortable in the pictures right after the babies were born.
I don't think I could do that--especially with a first child--even if I knew there was an extremely high likelihood that everything would go fine. I'd want to have emergency equipment on hand, just in case. Maybe with a second child, where I know what to expect with a birth. I think that at my age, though, a hypothetical second child would be a higher risk pregnancy (assuming at least a year or two between kids, and assuming the first kid isn't any time soon, and assuming no twins (that predisposition passes down the mother's side, right?)).
The birthing center seems like a nice compromise, though.
NOTE: RT is not pregnant and has no plans on being pregnant any time soon.
|
__________________
It was. I delivered with a Mid-wife and my husband . The facility was about 2 miles from the hospital should anything happen. they had hot tubs, and other non-medicated ways to deal with labor, although they did have some meds available. I delivered in a big queen size bed and I swear, they moved me like 2 or three times and I was suddenly in the bed, baby to belly, with my DH with me...while the assistant cleaned up the bed, and me, DH carried our D into the other room, helped with the cleaning, weighing etc.. and he actually brought her to me. we slept together for a few hours, got up, showered, went to the bathroom, nursed and then we went home. I had to take D to the ped within 48 hours, but as our ped knew our delivery plans, as soon as we called and said we'd delivered, she got us right in. a nurse came to check on me within 48 hours...much better experience than at the hospital with first..... but since I firmly believe if I try for a third, I will end up with twins, 48 hours of labor ending in a c-section(I had relatively quick deliveries with the first 2), I am done!
ml
