Tanya your blessingway sounds lovely! It's almost time...
Aimz YAY for awesome midwife meeting! Sounds so perfect, I'm excited for you!
Beatrix, I second Aimz' suggestion for watching the Business of Being Born and Face of Birth with DH. And like you said, there's plenty of time to get him comfortable with the idea, I'm sure meeting with the midwife will help as well.
Welcome Bellany, how exciting!
AFM still waiting to hear if I've been accepted into the Community Midwifery Program. I spoke to a lady at the Australian Doulas stand at the baby expo on Sunday, she also works with CMWA and is due in March, and has heard that they aren't very booked up for March yet so we should have a good chance
I have decided to go ahead with the NT scan and bloods, but only because I am irrationally scared of having a 'missed miscarriage' I got the referral from my GP instead of the fertility clinic though, so at least I don't have to see the laughing FS again...
Also, is there such a thing as a GP that isn't afraid of homebirths? Again when asked if I had booked an Ob yet, I said no, we are hoping to have a homebirth through the CMP. She didn't react too negatively, saying that of course it is ultimately my decision (yes, I know, duh) but I should talk to a professional about the risks involved (um, wouldn't this be her? Or do they have 'professionals' that talk silly, thinking mums out of homebirths?). Then she excused herself from the room for 15 minutes while she consulted with her boss, and came back with a list of websites for me to check out for reliable statistics, and a printout of a study from the Medical Journal re: differences in outcomes of planned hospital and homebirths in South Australia in 2006 - which I took home and read, and it actually supports homebirth in all of it's findings - from what I can tell since half the words have been cut off - so don't know what she was trying to prove with that one! She went on to say that she worked in the SCN and saw 'heaps' of babies admitted from homebirths gone wrong, with severe brain damage etc so I should consider things like that. And even though nothing went 'wrong' the first time, and I am low risk, it doesn't mean everything will be fine the next time, and I could still bleed to death or have a brain damaged or worse baby. Wow, doctors really know how to make you feel good, huh?
Sometimes I think why do I even bother trying to do things 'differently', it's obviously far easier to keep everyone else happy and go along with what society expects, without having to prove myself..
But then I think NO! I am as stubborn as they come I've made my decision and I'm sticking to it, and I'll show them all how it's done! :P
Ree: what a weirdo GP lol. I just wonder where she worked that transferred babies with severe hypoxia are only brought to a SCN?? I have a feeling she was telling some Big Phat Ones. And seriously, rather than say you are stubborn, I reckon you are smart! I would not for the life of me or my baby entrust myself in the care of someone (like that GP for example) that shows such evident lack of knowledge...like i say to many since i had a HB...it's much braver to have a baby in hospital than it is at home lol!
We are lucky where we live that it is a big HB suburb, so our local GP practice is pro HB and easy to organise collaborative agreements etc so we can claim on medicare etc. But i know that we are very very lucky.
For example, i once had to see a GP out of area when i was pg with DD2 and when she found out that i was planning a HB asked about pain relief ('cause that's the most important part of childbirth...) and i mentioned water injections and she began laughing and goes: "oh yeah, a jab in the leg (i was like WTF?!) and it's all placebo"...ahhhhhh, no sweetheart, that's not how it works hahaha.
I got the referral from my GP instead of the fertility clinic though, so at least I don't have to see the laughing FS again...
I've made my decision and I'm sticking to it, and I'll show them all how it's done! :P
what a weirdo GP lol. I just wonder where she worked that transferred babies with severe hypoxia are only brought to a SCN?? I have a feeling she was telling some Big Phat Ones. And seriously, rather than say you are stubborn, I reckon you are smart! I would not for the life of me or my baby entrust myself in the care of someone (like that GP for example) that shows such evident lack of knowledge...like i say to many since i had a HB...it's much braver to have a baby in hospital than it is at home lol!
) and i mentioned water injections and she began laughing and goes: "oh yeah, a jab in the leg (i was like WTF?!) and it's all placebo"...ahhhhhh, no sweetheart, that's not how it works hahaha.
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