wow, so what are these rules? Maybe something I have to ask my middies about.
The backup one said most transfers are due to prolonged labour... maybe due to rules...?
Girls I just posted this - I reckon it happened to me : resealed leak
Today's meeting was cancelled - apparently there are lots of women due right now. But I asked about PROM and was told if labour doesn't start within 24 hours I would have to birth in hospital. Plus "my" midwife is on annual leave for ALL of September (I am due on 6/10) which I think is pretty poor form (especially when she knows my 2nd was 6 days early).
I am just starting to think that the hospital program is like the worst of both worlds....
I think a resealed leak sounds very possible. So long as everyone keeps their hands out of you I'm sure its no problem either
Do you want to ring around some IMs and get a feel for the possibilities? At least it would be cheaper by this stage in the game as you don't need as many antenatal appointments! If you want any recs then let us know. I found the MIPPS website a good place to start.
That's frustrating!
I might finally meet my primary midwife in a couple of weeks (got transferred to a new one).
24 hours isn't very long. The extra rules for hospital-based homebirth programs are really frustrating!
TBH the rules is the major reason I didn't want to go with a publicly funded hospital home birth program. I was concerned my entire pregnancy last time that I would be transferred out of the birth centre and then after 2 hours of pushing I almost was (even though neither baby nor I were in distress). I've chosen IM care to avoid the 'rules' and let logic and sense prevail.
Yeah. I am slightly concerned by the 20% transfer rate. Birth centre's even worse at 50%. The midwife told me she was there recently doing a tour and they had stats up from the previous month - transfer rate of 80%!!!! WTF are they doing there?
Having to go to hospital for some stupid 'rule' is my greatest fear to be honest. There are only 3 IMs in Perth apparently, so I'm not sure how hard it is to book one. Perhaps I should look into it just in case.
I suppose you can just refuse to go to hospital, but of course then they'd have to leave you to freebirth. What craziness.
The perth program seems pretty good marcellus. My friend had her son through the program 3.5 years ago and it was a long labour (over 24 hours of established labour), with baby not engaging, baby's heartrate dropping with each contraction... many reasons for a hospital to have started intervention but she didn't transfer so I guess the midwives had a lot of freedom. Not sure how much that has changed now though?
Yeah. I will talk to them about all this when I actually get the chance! The midwives seem good, just concerned that their hands may be tied on certain things. The VBAC ban for instance is a relatively recent thing.
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