Oooh, this is promising...

:crying: I just wrote a massive post but my computer overheated and turned off as I hit post! Here goes again (much shorter this time)...

As some of you may know, I'm hoping to get into Sunshine hospital's homebirth program for this little one. I'm not completely sure I'll get in, considering I live much closer to the Northern Hospital and it's a little bit of a drive to Sunshine.

BUT! I just read an article from June about the program, and it's given me quite a bit of confidence. You know how in a lot of stories like this, they put in a "we did it and it worked/didn't work for us" bit? This one had one of those about a woman who succesfully used the program living in Woodend. Woodend is about a 45 minute drive to Sunshine in good traffic.

Where I live is about 25 minutes away from Sunshine. :dance: I may just be getting my homebirth!

i read that article too, and calculated how far i lived from sunshine! good luck with that!!

YAY Im so excited for you!

:crossfingers: very exciting!

ooohhh i live in woodend!
does anyone have the link to the article?
sounds promising teni!

Here's the link :)

thanks teni!
xox
all the best!

I saw that too. I think I'd be closer than Woodend (on the ring road) but I had already booked an IM when I saw that. I think I prefer the control of having an IM. I was so worried about being bumped from the birth centre last time and I want to be able to know that I'm having this HB unless I really actually do need to transfer.

Good luck getting in- let us know how you go! I think its great to have publicly funded HBs!!! There needs to be more of them so showing support for the system will hopefully increase its popularity in more hospitals :D

Oooh that's exciting news Teni, I hope it works out for you. DD was meant to be born at home and I was so looking forward to the journey, she just decided to appear a wee bit early!

I went to sunshine and I live in werribee, ten mins to werribee mercy and 35 to sunshine. No onw questioned me at any stage ( I did caseload not hb)

that sounds really good!
Good luke with it Teni!

Awesome!! :happyforyou:

Yay, awesome news! Hmm, I might have to go and calculate how far *I* am from Sunshine, just in case lol :think:

ETA: I'ts like 12km's and 18 mins :dance:

ETA (again lol): My just in case was meant as in, just in case *I* get utd, not just in case you need to transfer...it kinda reads like that but NOT how I meant it :)

That's great!

What a positive article! I hope you get your home birth, TeniBear! :)

I been thinking the same thing since you posted the article - im closer to werribee....
What i want to know is what they say is low risk. Not going to be able to refuse GD testing, Strep B testing, in this case are we...
I am excited for you Teni!! :hug:


(and no i am not utd, before anyone asks)

Exciting! Hope your accepted!

SO awesome. Really hope it comes through for you!

woohoo! i have everything crossed that you get accepted! :crossfingers:

Oh how exciting!

Good luck!
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Not going to be able to refuse GD testing, Strep B testing,

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Feel free not to answer, but why aren't you able to? Is it because you have had them before?

No I am just 'assuming' that with homebirth being put on such a downer that a low risk case is going to be the picture of health and refusing such tests would knock you back to hospital - i may be wrong just 'assuming' .... birth being over medicalised and all...

I am very overweight but i dont think that is going to change my birth risk - i was about the same when i had DS and his birth was smooth and problem free... im not against hospital but i dont think i needed to be there and i think i would be a great candidate for homebirth - hospital protocol may have different idea iykwim

Yeah, I figured that as well, dragoncookie. My feelings at the moment in that regard are that they can do as many tests as they want on me, so long as it helps me get my homebirth. (Aside from an amniocentesis - I can't see any reason they might want to do it anyway but still...)

If they say I can't get a homebirth because of my size, by god I'll try to lose some - healthily of course - and try again. I never thought this would be so important to me, but now I'm actually planning it, it really is...

so exciting!

Fantastic, Teni, I really hope you get the birth you're hoping for