hi ladies,

just joined up, have been reading all the fantastic information on this site!

i am 15 weeks pregnant and am planning a homebirth.

I had an interview with a midwife about 4 weeks ago but things didnt go to plan,she didnt want to take me on as she felt i was too high risk and that i need to lose some weight before i have a home birth!..i found this a little bit strange, as im sure im not the first fat chick to try have a natural birth.

anyhow, i have another interview this saturday with another midwife, hoping that my motivation to lose a few kilos (which will help me in the long run) will sit okay with her.

i really hope that i can find a midwife to help me do this homebirth.

i have a fear/phobia of hospitals, each and every visit i have ever been to has been a negative experience for me. the most recent seeing my brother in a coma after a motorbike accident which left him a quadriplegic (feb 2008).

i promised myself i would never go in a hospital again!! I am also a person who tends to not take many drugs, not even panadol for a headache, i just dont like putting these things into my body. i find relaxation, and massage and a nice hot shower a way to deal with pain.

i just wanted to say thanks to all you ladies on this forum, who have given me comfort. I find feel that i am not going to lose the weight in time for my homebirth, and that i will have to be rushed into hospital for a c section!!! i dont want this..AT ALL!! so this is why ive come to read some positivity.

My favorite thing to you tube is hypnobirth/calmbirth, its gives me energy and it makes me so excited to meet my baby (due christmas day this year) !!!

thanks again, and hope to hear from all of you

xxxxxx