Homebirth General Discussion #12

Yay congrats loulabelle!

Sneaky welcome Teni, hopefully we will be able to give you an 'official' welcome really soon :)

Sara woohoo for fullterm! Enjoy these last few days/weeks. Oh and no I never had a birthplan written... Not even for my hospital births really tho either probably a lot to do with just being lazy lol

Anyone heard from turtlejane??

On another woohoo for homebirth my sil had her 7th baby (4th hb) at home yesterday morning! :dance: a health baby girl (her 5th!) weighing 4.23kg :D

Any Melbournians used, or even heard of, the following?

- Mamatoto Midwives
- Independent Wings
- Pregnancy Circle

The others on my list I've heard of and can get a lot of information on via BB, but these ones might be new or something. I emailed Mamatoto for their fee schedule and its very detailed, it even includes the probable Medicare rebate underneath the out-of-pocket fee. Of course, that wouldn't mean anything if they're not actually any good :lol:

Oh gawd, I am getting so far ahead of myself :redface: I just want everything to be perfect when #3 comes along...

Turtlejane is kicking along, 39 wks now. She got to 42 with DD1, so we may have a little while to wait for news.

Teni, you're best off meeting with the mws to see who you gel with, ITMS. Lots of HB groups meet up regularly and can probably give you feedback as well.

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On another woohoo for homebirth my sil had her 7th baby (4th hb) at home yesterday morning! :dance: a health baby girl (her 5th!) weighing 4.23kg :D

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Funny - this will (hopefully) be my fourth home birth, 7th baby, and I have 5 girls. :) Congrats to your SIL, and to you with your new niece!

Woohoo :leap: We have our first 2013 baby!

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...=1#post3263052

Congrats again to Sara and family on the arrival of their newest little man! :D

Wheeeee! Congrats Sara, sounds like he wasn't waiting around. Looking forward to hearing from you. Enjoy your babymoon!

I think Sara's belly casting was meant to be today! oops.

:babyneutral: Babies Arrived :homebirth:

Jennifer13- Baby GIRL born at home 4th January 2012
Bella29- Baby GIRL born at home 10th January
HotI - Baby BOY born at home 21st January
*Ash*- Baby BOY born at home 14th February
loulabelle - Baby BOY born at home 24th February
Cricket - Baby GIRL born at home 15th May
chocorama - May
...Em - Baby BOY born at home 7th June

BellyBelly - Baby GIRL born 11th August
Tanya - Baby BOY born at home 16th August
phynna - Baby GIRL born at home 8th September
lady_neon - Baby BOY born 27th September
Ambersky - Baby BOY born at home 3rd October
Cassius - Baby GIRL born at home 4th November
Ice cream - September
mirriumu - November
Pumpkinzulu - Baby GIRL born at home 12th December

- 2013 -
Sara - Baby BOY born 18th January 2013

:pregnant: Babies On Their Way :bellyrubs:

turtlejane - January

Ree*Ree - March

Aimz - March

Bellany - March

Beatrix - April

Rubyshoes - April

HomeStyleMumma - May

Dollyroux - June

ladybirdflies - June

sepata - September

WilliamsMummy - September

Cricket - September

Loulabelle - September

Congrats Sara!

dude.

I go away for like 6 days and so much happens in here!!!

BIG PHAT congratulations Loulabelle!!! :dance: Yay! you get to have another squishy gorgeous newborn at home!!!

And congratulations to Sepata!! wahoo!!!

All these september babies...they are pretty awesome!

Jen: watch out girl! all these double dips on the list....and the birth pool on gumtree....eeeeeppp!

Teni: seriously, when it comes to planning a HB, it is ALL SO MUCH FUN. go for it. do not hold back!!! Highly recommend the ladies that PZ and I used. they rock.

And seriously MASSIVE congratulations to Sara on the arrival of her newest little man Daley!!! Hope you are having the most glorious newborn snuggles with this very special little person, much love xx

AFM: have started eyeing off pregnant bellies. argh! it's such a special time in our lives....but must let it go hahahaha!
DD3 is going great guns ATM. she is just beautiful and blossoming into herself...almost 3 months old. egad, time is flying.

Congratulations Sara! Can't wait to hear the whole story! :)

By the way, I've started to notice that I have an "after-supper belly". :o Can't wait for an U/S to see how far along I am..... So thankful that I don't have any morning sickness yet! Every day without nausea is a blessing, let me tell you!

How is everyone else?

Congratulations Sara! Such beautiful news! Can't wait to hear more xxx

Gosh it's been longer than I thought since I posted in here, sorry! Thanks for keeping everyone updated Jen :) I'm so slack!

Yep I'll be 40 weeks on Monday :) DD was born at 42+1 so trying to keep my head in the space it may be another 2ish weeks but yeah I am very ready and over it! Lots of aches and pains (pelvis is pretty much shot) and sleep is difficult with so many toilet trips!

I went to a birth workshop yesterday that was run by Jane Hardwicke-Collins which was awesome :) crazy hot though as their portable aircon struggled :( first heat wave day where I haven't been hiding at home so I really struggled. So glad it's cooler this weekend!

I'll try and pop in here more often now and keep you updated with with news when it all happens! :)

I'm guessing this is normal, but kind of having a mini freak out. Worried that I might have twins (my dad is a fraternal twin) so can't hb. And worried about the cost of a hb. Now we have the money, but convincing dh to spend it when a hospital birth is free, is another thing.

I'm only 6wks along, so think I'll wait closer to 8 to have my dating scan. But I also spoke with a im yesterday, and made an appt to meet her on 2nd Feb.

I had so many dreams of having twins when i was pregnant with DS. One of the warmest, reassuring, most beautiful dreams ever was of giving birth to twins in my loungeroom (and this was when i was still *afraid* of birth).

Twins doesn't preclude you from a homebirth, but it's also something you don't have to stress about yet.

How exciting to be meeting up with a midwife!

WM, one of the mums in our HB group just gave birth to twins today, first bubba born in the water. She was in hospital with her IM (at least, that was the plan), but from her announcement it sounds like she got what she wanted for their birth.

Try not to stress. :hug:

Got an invitation to my mw's Blessingway next mth. So excited! I've never been to a real one (mine was a watered down version since I don't have enough hippie friends lol).

How is everyone?