Oh Cassius, I'm so sorry you had such an awful experienceI've never, ever understood how unwelcome father's are in maternity hospitals!! They just became a new parent too! All maternity rooms should have double beds- standard!
We had a double bed in our BC and my H was my primary support person during labour and birth. He and I are very close too and it felt like the midwife and our doula were there as my "knowledgeable birthing women" but my H was the one who really knew ME IYKWIM.
Congratulations Kaos!! Who knows what is going on with homebirth huh? Apparently it will not be made illegal but we're yet to find out quite how the possibility of insurance and prescribing rights will go ahead.
I'm having my first meeting with my midwife tomorrow!! I'm so excited but also a bit nervous. I think I'm mostly nervous about going over the sums and working out the actual cost. What extra costs did any of the previous homebirthers pay? I haven't looked into how much a morphology scan costs yet but I'm most anxious about GD. What if I get it? How on earth to do you manage the costs of care for something like GD? I wish I could easily access public pregnancy care along with paying for my homebirth. I am booked into the FBC again and I'd like to stay booked with them until after the GD test but I feel funny about that with my midwife. Will she think I'm not able to let go of the hospital thing? Will she not like the idea that I'm having antenatal care with tham and her? I know it's my choice but does that make things awkward?
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