Homebirth General Discussion #1

[~kaos~]

Another homebirther (to be) here.

I had my two children at the birth centre here in Brisbane, which were wonderful birth experiences. I put it down to the continuity of care and family centred care.

This time we opted for a homebirth, because the BC here is Bris is so popular, that you have to go into a ballot to access the service and a lot of people miss out. The thought of missing out terrifies me, so I went to the only other option to get continuity of care and that was to hire a private midwife. But in Bris you have to get in early as there are very few MW. All good, I got one booked.

I'm loving it though. Where I wouldn't have even had one appt at the BC yet, I've already had two appts with my MW. The appts have been in my home and I haven't had to chase my children around a hospital consultation room, trying to keep them away from the bright yellow bins that house the hazardous waste (um, someone needs to tell whoever makes those that they are toddler magnets ) which is how it use to be when I was pregnant with #2. The children are much easier to contain and amuse in my home. A complete bonus in my books for homebirth .

Anyway, here's to hoping everyone is having wonderful homebirth journey's

[Ellibam]

i really loved the continuity of care i had with my m/w and now she is a friend of our family!
i can still call her now with any questions there is no time limit! just like with labour there are no time limits!
for those of you that have to pay( its most of us) just wondering how much your m/w charges? and if its one lump sum or per appt? and whats included
my m/w was a lump some of $2000 that was all the normal appt 4wkly then fortnightly then weekly then once i went over i was on the phone to her every day! the pool was included andafter the birth it was the first 3 days then weekly until 3 weeks then at 6 weeks. she also supplied all vitamins and herbal and homeopathic remidies