Homebirth without a pool... how & where? (plus lots of other Q's)

[Schmickers]

DW carries syntocinon for bleeding, if it is needed, but she's only ever used it once.

Shoulder dystocia is handled the same way it is in hospital, as far as I am aware - moving and positioning you to widen your pelvis so the anterior shoulder can pass.

[Alan]

Hi Liz
Sorry I forgot to get back to this thread.
You do not need to birth in water, you can birth where you want to. I think I have helped women birth in just about every room in the house but some of the more unusual places are – on the toilet. Under the shower. On the back deck. And even in the garden,
There is nothing in your list that would prevent you from having a homebirth. Depending upon your history and other circumstances I would consider helping you birth at home from 36 weeks.
I carry synto to prevent bleeding but have only needed to use it twice in the past 3 years. There are quite a number of natural things we can try before using drugs. For resus I carry oxygen, bag and mask and a number of tubes which we can put into the baby’s throat if needed. To help with dehydration I carry IV fluids so if needed I can put up a drip.
Schmickers is correct re the shoulder dystocia

[Liz]

Thank you so much for your replies... I'm so excited about it. Now I just need to get pregnant! LOL. I'm really looking forward to meeting up with a local midwife and just discussing the whole thing. You've already reassured me on most of my concerns, so imagine how good I'll feel when I speak to who will actually be looking after me!

I've also got to try and get to term so I can have the homebirth. I've already spoken to my herbalist about wanting help to get to term when I fall pg, so hopefully he'll be able to help with that. I always have a laugh that Kayla was getting so big that my body evicted her LOL, but now I don't care how big the next baby gets in utero... I want it to stay in there so we can meet at home!

Thanks again everyone. I'm sure I'll have loads more questions once I'm pregnant and actually planning the real thing!

[Tanya]

Liz, I am HBing in Aug... I really feel I want to be outside.... we'll see how we go tho

xx