Yes of course there are plenty of things you can do to improve your chances for having the natural birth that you want. One of the biggest factors seems to be how long women stay at home before rocking up to hospital. The longer you leave it, the less opportunities there are for them to push unwanted routine protocols on to you. Your labour also has a better chance of progressing normally if you're in your home environment and feel supported.In your opinion, do you think that there is any way that I can give myself a better chance for a natural birth (apart from having my fingers crossed that I have a good midwife on the day?).
It also pays to decide now what things you might compromise on, and what things you are not willing to compromise on, knowing the risks. Then you can decide how far you're prepared to go to protect your birthing space. Ideally women should not have to compromise, it is THEIR birth, and they are the consumer here. Technically the caregiver works for them but unfortunately that is not where the balance of power sits in our society where birth is concerned.
And yes I am a doula. There is one other in Cairns doing qualifications through CBI same as me. You're most welcome to meet with me and chat if you would like to get things off your chest and see what you can do about addressing your concerns about birthing at CBH. You won't need to scrape together any money. You can e-mail me if you want to discuss this further, my address is cairnsdoulas@gmail.com
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