Would a midwife focused hospital be more natural friendly?
panda10
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I'm just thinking out loud...
I had a semi-natural birth the first go around (21 hours of labor, had a spinal block that lasted for 45 minutes that I got at hour 19 because I thought being at 10 meant I was ready to push, pushed for 2 hours, no progress, got the block to relax, it wore off, and was able to push for only 30 more minutes and baby was born!)
I delivered at a great hospital, less than a 5 minute walk from my house and lucked out with the natural friendly OB (3 other doctors that have a rep. for not being natural friendly).
I recently found out that a hospital 30 minutes away (in the town where my DH works) has it set up like a birthing center in a level II hospital. (You meet with midwives, midwives deliver, this hospital actually has lactation consultants, my other one didn't... etc)
Is it crazy to want to drive 30 minutes to a different hospital to be with midwives? My husband would also be able to attend appointments because it is close to his work, but with a little one, do I want to be a half hour away from him? Obviously he won't visit that often while we're in the hospital, and we would be home 48 hours later anyways, but do I risk leaving a nice hospital so I can deliver with midwives and hopefully be able to go completely natural the next time? Are midwives that awesome to have compared to an OB?
2012
Re: Would a midwife focused hospital be more natural friendly?
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A half hour isn't all that far. The closest hospital to us is that far. I delivered DD at a hospital an hour away, and depending on whether my midwife practice has enough midwives by when I go in labor I will either be at the closer or further hospital again. I'd personally prefer to use midwives, but the even bigger thing that impacts labor interventions is not to go to the hospital till in final stages of labor. Most women who had a really successful natural birth (though certainly not all) seem either to have had home births, or stayed home as long as possible. I can tell from your description if you were home for a lot of it, but the further along you are, they less they can do anyway.
LOVE the OB lotto hahaha
That is exactly what it is!
I'm really leaning towards this idea now. My husband thought I was being silly for wanting to switch.
Thank you everyone
2012
Not crazy at all! When I lived in California I picked the hospital 25 minutes away for the very same reason- it had a midwife run birth center in the hospital! They were awesome too, I'm still a little sad I won't be delivering there.
When we moved to MN at 32 weeks I debated for a looooong time and finally decided on a hospital that is almost an hour and a half away from my home because it's run by family doctors, not OBs, and way more NB friendly. I'm willing to travel for the piece of mind it gives me. I also found a doctor who was absolutely awesome and makes me miss my midwifes less.
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When researching, I looked up the caesarian rates of each hospital. The nearby doctor-heavy hospital has a 21% caesarian rate. The further, midwife-friendly one has an 11% caesarian rate. Decision made!
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