Sooo.. I find a GP in country Victoria who is lovely and willing to support my homebirth... but he speaks to the hospital (where he also works) and they refuse saying that they don't want reckless behaviour or a freebirth on their hands. Isn't that just what they have gone and promoted by saying no???? GP says I could just rock up and he is sure I wont be refused treatment, but, I wonder how I would be treated if that was the case. This is a joke. Time to put on my media hat and get this crap exposed. So much for supporting women to be safe.
My babies we're on the bigger side (first was 4.3kg and the HB bubba was 4.7kg). They were both carrying a bit of chub and looked a bit puffed up at birth. They were also both very tall and topped the charts for height and head circumference so a lot of the weight was there. In my experience they both lost a bit more than the expected 10% and they also took longer than 2 weeks to reach their birth weights. They both had high palates and attachment issues so I struggled with feeding and low supply both times and I think that was a factor, but I also think they have more to play with so it seems natural they may lose a little more weight, and also not need to come up to birth weight as quickly.
That's totally what sold me on a HB
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