Maybe I’m not the one to say anything since I’m not yet a
mother but WOW! Ladies give it a rest. All I see here is that this lady is
saying that by having three other children in all-natural water birthing
successfully that this time she’s going for a CNM’s assistance with this - her
4th. So really what’s the problem? Looks as though she is only seeking advice,
stories, or links to helpful information - so she has the opportunity of making
an intelligent decision!
Maybe I’m not the one to say anything since I’m not yet a
mother but WOW! Ladies give it a rest. All I see here is that this lady is
saying that by having three other children in all-natural water birthing
successfully that this time she’s going for a CNM’s assistance with this - her
4th. So really what’s the problem? Looks as though she is only seeking advice,
stories, or links to helpful information - so she has the opportunity of making
an intelligent decision!
She's saying she wants an unassisted birth, that would mean a birth without a MW present.
Maybe I’m not the one to say anything since I’m not yet a
mother but WOW! Ladies give it a rest. All I see here is that this lady is
saying that by having three other children in all-natural water birthing
successfully that this time she’s going for a CNM’s assistance with this - her
4th. So really what’s the problem? Looks as though she is only seeking advice,
stories, or links to helpful information - so she has the opportunity of making
an intelligent decision!
You shouldn't be the one to say anything because you don't understand what the discussion is about - perhaps you should do that before you try to be a white knight about it. There is nothing. NOTHING. intelligent about deciding to birth at home with no medical personnel present. That is what "freebirth" or unassisted birth is.
I am absolutely 100% in support of CNM assisted homebirths and would've had one myself had I not been risked out. Instead I had an amazing CNM delivery in a hospital (which the OP apparently thinks isn't "special", for some reason). What the OP wants to do is reckless and endangers not only her own life but her baby's, and potentially puts her husband in some legal hot water if something were to go wrong. She is doing something stupid.
Six years of infertility and loss, four IUIs, one IVF and one very awesome little boy born via med-free birth 10.24.13.
op, did I read correctly that you want an UC with a cnm? Is it considered this in your state because cnm are not licensed to practice homebirth? (I have a friend who considered an "unassisted" homebirth because her state would not license midwives to practice outside of hospitals, even in a birthing center type situation. This was eight years ago, not sure what states still have this kind of policy.)
I think that means they can give you a shot of pitocin if necessary to control bleeding. I don't think I've ever heard of a midwife using pitocin to induce labor at home. Inductions take place at the hospital. But midwives do carry IV bags with saline in case you are dehydrated.
Re: Freebirth/Unassisted Childbirth
Maybe I’m not the one to say anything since I’m not yet a mother but WOW! Ladies give it a rest. All I see here is that this lady is saying that by having three other children in all-natural water birthing successfully that this time she’s going for a CNM’s assistance with this - her 4th. So really what’s the problem? Looks as though she is only seeking advice, stories, or links to helpful information - so she has the opportunity of making an intelligent decision!
I am absolutely 100% in support of CNM assisted homebirths and would've had one myself had I not been risked out. Instead I had an amazing CNM delivery in a hospital (which the OP apparently thinks isn't "special", for some reason). What the OP wants to do is reckless and endangers not only her own life but her baby's, and potentially puts her husband in some legal hot water if something were to go wrong. She is doing something stupid.
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But midwives do carry IV bags with saline in case you are dehydrated.
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