Yep, I would have no problems birthing where I did last time - Angliss FBC.
For my first I had a private hospital birth with a Ob (I have cardiac history too). It has a very high rate of c/sect. It was a terrific experience but I totally put that down to my midwife and the head midwife. There were 2 that sucked - one that kept asking if I wanted pain relief and one that jabbed me without warning or permission with the syntocin shortly after DD was born.
The 2 good ones - they both guided me gently and gave me quiet strength.
Third birth at FBC - freakin awesome. Waterbirth, midwife and doula. It was just the three of us, chatting softly peacefully. Everything I think a birth should have been, it was.
Again, the difference is the people who are caring (or whatever you want to call it) for you when you give birth. No matter where you are.
If you have an Ob breathing down your neck, your support people will buffer you from them. Get a Doula chickie
So after all that blather, I actually felt more comfortable at the FBC than I would at home. For lots of silly reasons, but I was grateful that I could feel comfortable there as well as at home and create the sort of peaceful and safe environment I need to give birth.
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