Homebirth General Discussion #16

[Mum2twoBoys]

Yeah, i had to change a few appts when things came up for my midwife, completely understand that happens. I just would be upset at seeing another midwife 3 appts in a row.


Has anyone else noticed a shift from midwives doing majority (or all) home visits to more midwives having an office and only doing home visits towards the end of pregnancy? My midwife doesn't, but i am hearing about it more and more.

My midwife makes a new appt if she's at a labour, I've had all my appts with her. But yes she doesn't tend to do home visits at all. But she is doing them for me now, seeing as I was having pain sitting in car too long with bad pelvis and bh.

[meow]

I only had one MW appointment at her home, rather than mine. I agreed to it as she was on a license suspension due to speeding too often I have noticed that here in the states the trend is absolutely to do office visits. All the post-natal visits are office visits too. Ugh. Travelling with your newborn post birth?? That's the perk of homebirth for me! I've found a few MWs advertise that they do "european style care" which translates to appointments in your home rather than office visits.

My MW was frequently late (up to 2 hours late) but always with a phone call and me saying it was fine. It was just because her day would vary so much depending upon another family's needs but she never missed an appointment. Unfortunately for me, my son's birth was one of about 4 in 3 days or something crazy as I went a week over and a few mum's went early and my MW dropped off the radar. It really sucked balls and I was disappointed with my post-natal care as that's the most critical time for support for me.

The_Mrs- I think traveling that far for great breech support could be really worth it. So awesome to have women which a high level of experience available to you- it's becoming very rare! I wouldn't think about the fact that it's a VBAC breech. The VBAC bit is pretty irrelevant. And I agree- don't worry what the uneducated 'scare of birth' people have to say.

[Cricket]

My midwives do all in-office visits, with one home visit at 37 weeks or so. Then, they visit you at home after the birth as often as you need until 2 weeks pp. After that, they'll see you when you need it at the office again until 6 weeks.

And I was at the midwife's office today for a post-natal appointment (happy due date to Caleb!) and the little piglet is up from his birth weight of 6lb 12oz to 8lb 2oz! Not bad for just over 2 weeks old.

[Cricket]

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