Homebirth General Discussion #1

[lucyinthesky]

What? I havent heard this? My MW didnt make the birth. 10mins from 1st feeling to baby out. If/when we have another baby, it will be a whereever i am birth, so how will they deny me a birth cert. They wont know i planned the birth at home? Not if we book into hospitals, like most homebirther do anyway as back up!

I have heard NSW BDM are being VERY difficult with freebirthers - to the point that they are refusing to issue even with stat decs from parents and a letter from a GP stating that they saw the woman during pregnancy, to the point where the parents were advised to get a solicitor. I have heard that they are now starting to do the same with MW homebirths and "losing" paperwork both in QLD and NSW (even paperwork that was sent registered mail)