Homebirth General Discussion #2

[meow]

Thanks Tashybabe!! Was such a shame to have Cassius's news lost.

Congratulations Freya!!!! Tell your husband to do some research on homebirth... once he sees it has better outcomes than hospital births then how could he even doubt it. There needs to be more research into the outcomes for mothers (such as PND and PTSD) on homebirth vs hospital too.

[Freya]

Thanks for the tip Meow but Im not sure it would change his mind. Even worse is that he knows my labour/deliveries are easy and uncomplicated. The stats of anything really bad happening would be slim to none; and would not decrease if I was in a hospital. Unfortunately no hospitals in my area offer waterbirthing and most of them have very bad reputations, Id feel much safer and happier at home.

[Arimeh]

Thanks for the sum up Tash xox

Freya - yayyy hellloooooo!!!! I don't post that much in this thread either because I'm not sure what we are doing yet next year, but either way I'll be having a water birth - although I am a bit nervous about pooping in the water.. LOL (seriously though, what happens if you DO poo in the water!!??)

Unlike my FIL's worries - I'm not worried about drowning my child in the first few minutes of its life though

[meow]

Get a fish net scooper from a pet store- I've heard they are good for someone to quietly remove your poop from the pool should that happen

[Arimeh]

Get a fish net scooper from a pet store- I've heard they are good for someone to quietly remove your poop from the pool should that happen

Maybe my brother would let me borrow his - he has fish at home

[Smoke Jaguar]

You won't notice the poo - the midwives will be too busy attending to that AND where you're at to bother telling you at the time Also, your partner may never speak of it again, so I wouldn't worry about it
A plastic sieve is better, cos it's firm and contents will just fall out, rather than get caught up in netting. And it will cost a couple of dollars, no big loss when you toss it in the bin. Unless you use a steel sieve that you can sterilise after
So many babies being born in my circle - DS is getting clucky (and has put an order in for another brother and a sister!), that I'm already thinking ahead to our next birth, the farmbirth. It's a while off - I hope - because I really like the 3 year age gap between the first two. And I really need DS to be at school before I contemplate any more little people, especially when we're likely to be either still in the caravan, or in the first installment of our strawbale home!

[Freya]

At the birth centre they had a collander like thingy; I can remember my midwife scooping something when I started pushing but it didnt really cross my mind so dont worry. Dh didnt even notice