Homebirth General Discussion #11

[Jennifer13]

I wouldn't freebirth entirely because I'd have a doula. Not sure what I'd do if there were no IMs - but given I live in Sydney, hopefully that's not a possibility!

If they were all deregistered i'd still have one of them, their skills would remain without the piece of paper.

Congrats Freya! GL with finding a m/w.

[Freya]

I wouldn't freebirth entirely because I'd have a doula. Not sure what I'd do if there were no IMs - but given I live in Sydney, hopefully that's not a possibility!

If they were all deregistered i'd still have one of them, their skills would remain without the piece of paper.

Congrats Freya! GL with finding a m/w.

Thanks Jen! Im going to book into the BC anyway just to keep a tie with the hospital system to keep DH happy and as a backup should the whole homebirth thing not work out.

[HomeStyleMumma]

Loulabelle- ah fair enough! I was scratching my head a bit coz I thought Vic didn't have a gov program (unfortunately) but would've been stoked to be corrected

Freya I hope you are able to find a mw that will support the birth you'd like. I don't know if I'd freebirth completely with ds2 it was kind of a possibility if I found I was at home rather than the 'home' in Perth I had listed with cmp, but even then had my dh and mil (whos a grand(grand!)multi-paras woman who'd be well and truely qualified to assist a 'normal' delivery. I feel confident you'll be able to find a wonderful mw though, keep us posted!

[HotI]

Vic does have gov t hb programs through casey and sunshine hospitals.