Hi all who are considering home birth!

Firstly I would like to congratulate u all on one of the most exciting times of your life!

I had my first at home. He was still born. Had we been at hospital we would have had access to all the equiptment needed to prevent this. Instead we waited 10 minutes for the abulance, then another 10 minutes watching my 'grey' lifeless son being revived. Thank god he was, but with all the complications we had we were then in hospital for the next week anyway, and 2yrs later are continuing with spicialist and surgery as a result of his birth complications.
Because I wasnt at hospital what should have been the best day of my life was the most traumatic.
And before you ask... yes I am young (in my mid 20's), fit, healthy and had no concerns throughout my pregnancy... the PERFECT homebirth candidate. I had midwife pre natal care, I wish i didnt as the midwife was also incompetent enough not to realise that my son was breech before the birth. so yes, a disaster breech homebirth.
So these are some of the risks you are taking by having a home birth. We are now trying for our second, and I can tell you now that I will never put the life of my child and my own at risk like that again.
I hope you all make the decision that is right for you, but it is likely that after you give birth you will need to rush to hospital anyway.