Am i the only hippie planning a home birth? ;)

RhythmeKrow · September 2014

Barring medical emergency, we will be birthing at home this time, with our midwife and doula. I'm so excited!

Anybody with me??

evakatharina · September 2014

Unfortunately I'm not. I wish I were brave enough (the hospital is only 5 mins from my house...) but for my first I guess I just feel safer at the hospital. I'd be open to a birthing center, but there isn't one close.

If all goes smoothly this time, I will strongly consider home birth if we ever wind up having another kid.

beachhippiemama · September 2014

Opting for another natural birth, but in the hospital again. I may look into one of the birthing centers here.

Some woman don't have the option for a home birth; there are laws against it in some states.

RhythmeKrow · September 2014

@beachhippiemama‌ I'm aware. I'm grateful to have the option, here. My hospital birth was a pretty traumatic experience.

RhythmeKrow · September 2014

I'd wanted a water birth with DD but my midwives never came to the hospital (one was ill and one was on vacation) and she had to be delivered on the bed by an OB

lindsey85d · September 2014

Our insurance covers all prenatal appts, ultrasounds etc but we have to foot the bill for the hospital. Our deductible is super high ($5000) so that is our out of pocket but it's still high. Hubby as a joke said we should birth at home LOL but with my history, I can't. I had an emergency c section 7 years ago with my son.

CTri17 · September 2014

yep! Same as you barring any medical issues with the baby or I , we will be having homebirth #3!

CTri17 · September 2014

beachhippiemama said:

Opting for another natural birth, but in the hospital again. I may look into one of the birthing centers here. Some woman don't have the option for a home birth; there are laws against it in some states.

birth centers are a really great option as well. When I was having DD1 we didn't have any birth centers here, which is why I went the homebirth route. If there had been I would have gone with a birth center for sure.

xcjump · September 2014

I used a birth center for my first birth and will be using a birth center again this time. I would love a home birth but my insurance won't cover it and I can't justify the OOP expenses.

RhythmeKrow · September 2014

Holy deductible, batman! That's more than the entire OOP cost of my prenatal care and birth. That sucks.

xcjump · September 2014

And I had a water birth for my first baby and hope to again this time. I was much more comfortable laboring in the water than out of it.

RhythmeKrow · September 2014

We'll be renting the tub so we have the option but I'll see what I prefer at the time. Theoretically, I love the idea of a water birth but I move around a lot in labor and Idk if I'll find it a bit restrictive.

CTri17 · September 2014

RhythmeKrow said:

We'll be renting the tub so we have the option but I'll see what I prefer at the time. Theoretically, I love the idea of a water birth but I move around a lot in labor and Idk if I'll find it a bit restrictive.

I've labored in the water both times, but both of my girls have been born "on land" lol, My 2nd DD was born in the caul too! But I loved laboring in the water, the tub is big and I personally didn't find it restrictive

lindsey85d · September 2014

RhythmeKrow said:
Holy deductible, batman! That's more than the entire OOP cost of my prenatal care and birth. That sucks.

Yes it's ridiculous!

jennnyboomboom · September 2014

I'm really starting to consider it! I know for sure I want a water birth and our hospital has one. I just really love the idea of being somewhere comfortable and familiar.

missz326 · September 2014

I want to SO bad ! I wanted one 3 years ago with my daughter n now again but my husband feels soooo deathly nervous about it last time he literally begged me for weeks and i just have to respect that

ambarnett1 · September 2014

I'm too scared to.

beachhippiemama · September 2014

I did labor in the tub off and on with my daughter and it did help. I really liked bouncing on the birthing ball the best, gave me an activity to focus on during contractions. I spent a lot of time on hands and knees, also; DD started out posterior.

itsmevkb · September 2014

Only if I don't make it to the hospital in time. Which, given my history is a very good possibility. But, also given my birth and medical history, is not a good option for me at all.

DawnLilly · September 2014

I wish. I'm want a med-free VBAC. My insurance won't cover at home and we don't have any birth centers.

shirleymaeby · September 2014

DH would freak the eff out if I tried to home birth...and honestly I'm kinda scared of it. We are planning for a natural birth but we're going to take both natural and med birth classes in case something changes at the last minute and we can't do what we wanted. My SIL had planned for a medicated birth when she had their first but she went into labor so fast they couldn't do the epidural and she wound up doing it natural. That sounds like a scary last minute decision so I want to prepare for either scenario.

la79al · September 2014

I would like to but DH says no way. Almost passed out after I had my first and second was born with some (non-life threatening) issues. I want to look into options around here though, I think I would like DD1 and DD2 to be there for most of the process.

RhythmeKrow · September 2014

I plan on having my daughter around. My sister will be able to take her out of she gets freaked out but I think she'll be okay.

jenanns · September 2014

Nope but am planning to have natural drug free birth unless major complications interfere. I think with it being our first I feel better knowing there is help there but I am nervous about not getting enough support to go natural in a hospital setting so researching docs and hospitals with that in mind.

cosmodawlitan · September 2014

I really want to but I think DH is not going to change his mind about it. He was really strongly against it when I brought it up the other day. Unfortunately, the closest birth center is over an hour away. My DS was born in the hospital - very typical, normal hospital birth - but for the hour or so that I labored in the shower, I felt really good. So, at the very least, if I have to have another hospital birth, I want it to at least be a water birth. My hospital does have birthing tubs, at least.

CTri17 · September 2014

RhythmeKrow said:

I plan on having my daughter around. My sister will be able to take her out of she gets freaked out but I think she'll be okay.

My girls will go to my in laws, I know for sure that they would not do well as they get very concerned for me and I need to focus on getting through contrax / having a baby and not on making sure that I act a certain way so they don't get scared.

DD1 was actually home when I had DD2 because I was in labor with DD2 in the MOTN, she was born at 4:31am, so when DD1 woke up she got to meet her and it was THE SWEETEST thing, but she wasn't AROUND during labor KWIM

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Pink724 · September 2014

@Starbuck128 - for me, the birth center was actually in a hospital (on a different floor from L&D, and completely separate). That was the only way I felt comfortable. For some, I think it is insurance reasons/laws in their state that require a birthing center vs. in-home birth.

xcjump · September 2014

@starbuck128 the birthing center I use is actually a stand alone birth center - not attached to a hospital. I would have a home birth except that my insurance covers a birth center but not a home birth. It would probably be about 4000 dollars out of pocket for me to have a home birth. I would rather spend the money on a doula, a birth photographer and placenta encapsulation.

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bhrmn · September 2014

I hope to! I delivered my son before 36 weeks and my midwife said the chances are high that I will deliver again, which in that case she could not help me deliver at home. This might be my last baby, so I would love to experience a quiet home birth.

chrissi1981 · September 2014

No !! We are also planning a home birth. I want to catch my own baby with as little intervening as possible. Our midwives are fantastic. I just pray I have an uncomplicated and healthy pregnancy. Where are you hun ? I'm in the UK xxx

chrissi1981 · September 2014

Having the placenta put into capsules is so expensive! I'm gonna bite the bullet lol and just drink it in a smoothie my midwife assures me that even a veggie client agreed that it wasn't all that bad and downed two pints of the stuff eekkkkk !!!

RhythmeKrow · September 2014

I'm in the US. I'm lucky to live in an area where there are several practicing homebirth midwives and a few homebirth OBs. They are sometimes hard to find in the US.

I plan on encapsulating my own placenta. I have the equipment and I've done it for friends before. It isn't hard to do

np55 · October 2014

I had a natural hospital birth with my first, I was wait listed for a midwife

this time I have a midwife and we are planning a home birth

Poppy715 · October 2014

I'm not at all interested in a home birth. They freak me the eff out. I'm also a terrible candidate for home birth.

I love these threads and seeing why others make the choices they do. It's fascinating to hear motives for each scenario.

Pintobean39 · October 2014

Nope, not me. I'd honestly be to afraid that something would go wrong, things can change so quickly. I'm also 40 which automatically puts me at high risk.

Morenajuliet · October 2014

jenanns said:

Nope but am planning to have natural drug free birth unless major complications interfere. I think with it being our first I feel better knowing there is help there but I am nervous about not getting enough support to go natural in a hospital setting so researching docs and hospitals with that in mind.

I don't like the term 'going natural'. Stick with 'drug free'. Even after having an epidural…….there's nothing inauthentic about dealing with a baby tearing out of your body.

goldengirl84 · October 2014

My sweet son is turning 2 on Sunday... if I hadn't been in a hospital bed hooked up to monitors with an operating room a few feet away, he would not be here today. I had the picture perfect pregnancy and the scariest birth. That being said, I think it's very brave to give birth at home, but after my experience it terrifies me!

Jenarena · October 2014

I'm pretty hippie but I can't have home births. I can't even have vaginal deliveries. So on to Csection number 5 I go.

Gatorsgirl731 · October 2014

I'm not totally opposed to it. Dd came so fast it is possible if this one decides to come quick too, it could happen. But we are an hour away from the hospital, and if something went wrong there would be nothing I could do to get there faster.