What are you hoping for?

wineandcake · October 2014

I know we're all barely pregnant, but what kind of birth are you hoping for? OB or Midwife? Hospital, home, birthing centre, or other (I'm sure there is something I'm not thinking of like giving birth in the back seat of your car while stopped in rush hour traffic)?

I'm hoping to have a midwife as my care provider and deliver in the hospital.

hullabalou · October 2014

I love my OB, but we are considering a birthing center. The nearest one is over an hour away though, so that's concerning.

Mei&Mei · October 2014

Midwife in a birth center-type environment. I had a waterbirth with my first and while I'm not set on that again, I would still prefer a similar 'natural' way. No epidural, no IV, free to move around as I see fit, support rather than direction, etc.

Mei&Mei · October 2014

Whoops, double post!

wineandcake · October 2014

hullabalou said:
I love my OB, but we are considering a birthing center. The nearest one is over an hour away though, so that's concerning.

We live in a small rural town and the hospital I plan to deliver at is 4hrs away. Our local hospital doesn't do deliveries but is equipped for them in an emergency. There is a small hospital every 100km along the way to town and one does deliveries regularly (no midwives/OB, just their regular practice doctors) and the others are equipped for delivery but don't plan for them. I'm not very concerned with being far, if needed we could stop at one of the small hospitals. I believe I will be staying in town for 2ish weeks prior to EDD.

dimple2 · October 2014

I plan to deliver in a hospital with a midwife.

kjsmith9 · October 2014

We'll do hospital with a midwife again.

forevergraceful · October 2014

I am hoping for my epidural to work this time. I never planned for that last time, so I was totally unprepared for that kind of pain.

I will be delivering in a hospital with an OB.

catahoulatte · October 2014

I would like to be at a birth center but I believe I'm going to go with my OB at the same hospital I was at for baby #1. I had a med-free birth there and plan on doing it that way again. Unfortunately, the closest birth center is 40 minutes away on a good day and there are very few good days around here. My labor with my son was fast and I'm anticipating one at least as fast with this babe-I'd have a baby in the car trying to get to the birth center

akbride25 · October 2014

I'm hoping to VBAC this time. It will be at the local hospital with a midwife. I live in a small town and there are no OBs, only midwives and family practice doctors.

mrswarren1221 · October 2014

We use an ob. I'm not much into midwives after a previous experience. I'll be in a hospital completely natural and no iv.

LauraLovesJon · October 2014

At a hospital with my OB. My first birth was a c-section, #2 & #3 were natural, and #4 was a c-section. I'm hoping I can try for natural again!

gingerchix1980 · October 2014

We recently moved province and midwifery in Nova Scotia isn't exactly a big thing (there are 10 in the whole province of 2+million people). Therefore, this birth will be a hospital birth with an OB, hopefully no epidural this time.

DD was planned as a home birth with midwives and ended up being an overdue induction resulting in an emergency c-section. Pretty much the polar opposite of what I had wanted. It still makes me upset when I think about it 2 years later.

Chasity08 · October 2014

I will be having a C-section. I had a C-section with my first as there is a fusion in my spine that prevents my hips from spreading, so the baby couldn't drop in to the birth canal, so that will be the case this time as well. I will be using an OB that works directly with my RE. We have a wonderful women's hospital here that I am excited to deliver at

Mills0309 · October 2014

I've been researching VBAC but I am leaning towards another c-section.

AshCHB · October 2014

Midwife, hospital, and considering water birth. The hospital is ~45 minutes away, which doesn't bug me, but DH is a little worried about it. There is one hospital that does births that's closer, but it doesn't have any CNMs and it isn't equipped for water births like the other one is.

MrsAB1316 · October 2014

Midwife at a hospital, hopefully med free. I had an epi and an OB with DS and while he did an amazing job at getting my son out...I had never met this man until that day, I couldn't push effectively because of my epi and how I was laying, they used forceps to deliver him, resulting in a 4th degree tear that pretty much made my only memories of those first weeks painful ones.... I know at the end of the day, I have a healthy baby. But I want to be more present and more involved in the process.

daniellelea1985 · October 2014

With my first, I tried all natural at a birth center ending in a hospital transfer with all the drugs and vacuum assist. Oh and I hemorrhaged. I thought the midwife was going to pass out!

This time.... we're just gonna do the hospital and an epidural to begin with.

monkeydilla · October 2014

I am pretty open minded to a med-free vs. epi birth. If I can make it med free, awesome. If I can't, that's fine too. I just want a healthy baby and delivery!

getnauti · October 2014

OB in a hospital with all. the. meds.

RWPhoenix · October 2014

With DD I had the best nurse/midwife at the hospital and an epidural. So I guess I am hoping for the same, OB in the hospital with an epi.

Jgibble2011 · October 2014

With an OB at the hospital. No meds. I did get a shot in my leg with DD but no narcotics or epidural so hoping I can go completely med free this time.

jsgpenguin · October 2014

I was hoping to go med free last time but I had to get induced and pit was pretty unpleasant. Turns out I LOVED stadol and my epidural was pretty much the best thing ever. So I'll just see how it goes this time around. I'm delivering at the hospital where I work with an OB.

MrsC0409 · October 2014

I don't care as long as I don't have to get induced with that stupid balloon again!

katier29 · November 2014

I'm hoping for an all natural non medicated birth at the hospital.

cssme13 · November 2014

I've considered VBAC but I'm leaning towards c-section again.

HMack4742 · November 2014

Had a midwife with my last baby and I won't go that route again. (I didn't have a positive experience).
I decided with a drug free hospital birth. The hospital I chose has birthing tubs so I want to use that to labor.

bosco213 · November 2014

wineandcake said:
I know we're all barely pregnant, but what kind of birth are you hoping for? OB or Midwife? Hospital, home, birthing centre, or other (I'm sure there is something I'm not thinking of like giving birth in the back seat of your car while stopped in rush hour traffic)?

I'm hoping to have a midwife as my care provider and deliver in the hospital.

This exactly! My practice has several midwives and my first appt is with one, hoping most of my appointments will be with her. I am hoping for a natural hospital birth and will consider a doula also.

ETA: I originally wanted a birth center but there are none in my state, so that would entail driving to one of two neighboring states, both of which are more than an hour away, and I just don't think I'm comfortable with that in addition to commuting that much for regular appointments.

anfranklin2 · November 2014

I'm going with just my OB at the hospital, I plan for now to not get any drugs, but when it happens I'm sure I'll want an epidural.

mkjbw&+1 · December 2014

Home birth vba2c with a midwife with #4.

islandwaddle · December 2014

I love reading everyone's posts. I want so bad to do everything natural but I'm not at all opposed to an epidural if I feel I need it.
I would love to also not worry about the IV.
We start interviewing midwives next month sometime as I'm so lucky to have a few open to taking me on.

inLOVEalready715 · December 2014

Delivering at a hospital with my OB. As of right now I have complete placenta previa so if it doesn't resolve its going to be a scheduled section between 37-39 weeks. If it resolves I will have a vaginal birth with an epidural, I'm not good with pain. I wish I could skip the birthing thing entirely and just wake up with a baby on the outside

ChristyM87 · December 2014

Assuming that I stay low risk, I will be delivering at a free standing birth center.

valigrl21 · December 2014

as of right now, I will be using an OB (but may switch OBs or find a midwife) at a hospital. Based on previous deliveries, I would guess my labor will be fairly quick, I will labor in the tub and go med-free. However, birth is unpredictable so who knows.

MsGamblingGirl · December 2014

I spent 12 weeks taking childbirth classes with my last pregnancy only to find DS was breech at 32 weeks and never turned (despite me trying EVERYTHING - headstands, chiropractors, accupuncture, etc, etc). I was so depressed about needing a C section and not getting to do a natural birth! I was so scared of the C section, but the experience was amazing and I felt great within a week of the surgery.

I wanted to do a VBAC this time around, but when I found out I was having twins I changed my mind. The fact that they are twins makes a VBAC less likely to succeed and the idea of healing from a vaginal birth AND a C section (if both don't come vaginally) scared the hell out of me. I'll take RCS thank you very much !

wells2010 · December 2014

MrsC0409 said:
I don't care as long as I don't have to get induced with that stupid balloon again!

Ha! I had that last time! It was terrible! Didn't work, neither did pitocin. Poor girl had to get cut out of there!!

Repeat c section for me! Probably scheduled for July 22, a week before my EDD.

lauralou2210 · December 2014

I plan to deliver in the hospital, naturally, with my OB. We have a serious deficit of midwives in the area (and the few we have are inexperienced). I wish I could deliver in a birthing center, but the closest is an hour and a half away commuting into downtown Atlanta. Too risky not to make it there.

Meggos1988 · December 2014

I will have a hospital birth ( our hospital mimics a birthing center) probably with a dula and one of the OBs in the practice. They make you apts with all of them throughout your pregnancy so get to know them by the time you deliver. And I plan on doing what ever makes me comfortable, if that's non medicated or medicated

WafflesFriendsWork · December 2014

Hospital, OB, hopefully natural but open to whatever I/the baby needs.

I'm going to research local doulas and see what the expense would be. I think it would be great to have an experienced person in my corner so I don't have to worry about getting a "good" nurse.

CANTW82BMOM · December 2014

I really want to have a natural birth in a hospital.

I had my first appointment this week and discussed my plan with my doctor as well as discussed her position on certain things, like induction. She said she induces at 41 weeks. That doesn't sit well with me. I've actually been a little stressed by it. I have a strong feeling I'll go over 40 weeks because based on my cycles I ovulate late and we are using my LMP for the EDD. I feel like if I have to get induced it's going to be all down hill from there and a natural birth will be out of the question.

c-elizabethf · December 2014

monkeydilla said:
I am pretty open minded to a med-free vs. epi birth. If I can make it med free, awesome. If I can't, that's fine too. I just want a healthy baby and delivery!

All of this. But I plan on being at the hospital with my ob delivering.

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