Did anyone have a Home Birth for their first child???

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I wish I had! I really wanted a HB first time but talked myself out of it based on the cost. My H and I weren't concerned about birth though so that wasn't a factor in the decision not to HB. I went to a birth centre and spent so much of my pregnancy fretting about birthing in a hospital- I really should have planned a HB! I would have felt much safer and secure with a decision to HB than I did with the decision to go to a BC.

It irks me no end that when I planned the HB second time around loads of people say "well, at least you had the first one safely so the HB should be okay". There's a perception that you should go to hospital for your first birth to 'prove yourself' and it's crap. Hospitals have so many timelines and rules that typically long first labours don't fit into very well so you're better off at home.