Wow, I think every woman should read up on freebirth because it truly is a reality for all of us. With ds the only reason he wasn't freebirth was because my back up midwife was in the next suburb. I also didn't get frequent or long contractions with him. It took a lot more than three pushes though lol.
I haven't heard of the blow on a bottle thing. Placentas are funny things. Mine plopped out with ds when my primary midwife finally arrived. I think the emotional stuff is important for that third stage.
Were you shakey from shock Jen? It's a lot to go through so quickly!!!
I've been contemplating our chances of freebirthing since we moved to the country! All good - the mw's came late in the piece last time, I didn't need the midwife to do anything hands on (she filled the bath!) for DS's FBC birth, so at this stage (28 weeks) I'm preparing for a freebirth scenario if my mw can't make it on time.
my midwife only made it by 7 mins or something last time. unfortunately, this time won't have my student who only lived 10 mins away and helped out heaps. will prob get mw mobile earlier cos ds birth wasn't very long. I am writing list of phone number s of locals who can help me or take kids if things happen quickly when dh not home.
I haven't heard of blow on bottle thing either. might be handy.
e_p, why did you get mixed reactions? I thought people would be excited by your news.
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