Just wondering if I could pick your brains if you dont mind. Long time lurker but looks like Im successfully expecting this time and thoughts of the birth are already consuming me.
Im a huge advocate of homebirth and 100% want to homebirth our next baby BUT unfortunately we have no control over where we live and at the moment home is Townsville. As far as I know there are no local homebirth midwives and so I am stuck with the options of birth centre, public hospital or private hospital.
Now the birth centre is a viable option as I had my last baby there and was 100% happy with the care and outcome. Neither the public or private hospitals are viable imo. Ive been loosely thinking about the option of freebirthing. To me, it sort of falls between homebirth and birth centre on the scale of where I want to see my birth going. None of my labours have been over 3 hours or at all complicated (my spontaneous was 2hrs) and I never feel like Im in labour until its almost pushing time so I definitely wont rush to the birth centre until I really feel I need to...............but the possibility of a roadside birth is high.
If homebirth wasnt an option for you, was freebirthing a possibility in the aim to get the birth you wanted? I would consider pushing for a few tweaks in the birth centre experience to make it more 'homey' but unfortunately the BC is closely monitored by the public hospital OB's and although the midwives are supportive ultimately they have to comply with the hospitals wishes
Just wondering if I could pick your brains if you dont mind. Long time lurker but looks like Im successfully expecting this time and thoughts of the birth are already consuming me.
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