Soon, soon Stoked!!!

I used to tell people we were HBing, similar to the way Cassius said it. If someone asked "Where are you having the baby?" I'd say "At home ", or "What hospital are you going to?", "Oh, we're having a home birth". I guess like BFing, I felt it was important to make HB visible and help to normalise it so I never wanted to keep it a secret.

I was prepared for the doubters and I had a few from my mother's group but generally my family, AP playgroup and anyone else I spoke to (parents from my kindergarten work placement) were all really positive.

I was at a dinner with mother's group and the conversation managed to turn to my upcoming HB (everyone seems fascinated by HB, but they don't do it themselves!). I was getting drilled with all the HB 101 questions. It was getting a bit tedious and I was starting to have to defend my position and say crap like "Well, obviously we'll go to the hospital if that happens" and thankfully someone said "But nothing will happen, you'll have a great birth ". Couldn't have thanked her enough!

One time I replied to "You're so brave" with "I'd be braver if I went to a hospital!" and it didn't go down that well. You could just tell the mother took it is as insult to her decision to birth in a hospital. Well, you know what, you just implied I'm taking a risk with my baby so if you can dish it out then be prepared to cop it back!