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Homebirth

moogieksmoogieks member
in December 2024 Moms
Anyone else planning a homebirth/birth center? I'm aiming for a VBAC and personally just started reaching out to midwives. 
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Re: Homebirth

  • MrsCaliRNMrsCaliRN member
    I would like a birth center or home birth, but I have Kaiser insurance and haven’t looked into the coverage options yet. This is baby #4 for me, but I had a home birth scheduled with baby #1 but was dropped by my midwife at 26wks because I developed gestational hypertension. I was able to control it with oral meds and never developed pre-E but she dropped me as soon as my BP came back elevated. So I basically paid her thousands of dollars out of pocket up until that point for nothing! Needless to say, I have a smidge of PTSD from that experience. 

    Would love to hear about others’ experiences though, especially those who delivered in hospital with pain intervention that had a subsequent delivery with a birth center or at home. 

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  • froggerbluefroggerblue member
    I'll await others experiences too.

    I'm thinking of trying a birth center, but I hesitate.

    I had an hospital birth last year and I like my doctor.
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  • knottie42e013eea37350b0knottie42e013eea37350b0 member
    I am planning a home VBAC too :) 
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  • tory98aragontory98aragon member
    I just found I’m 5 weeks pregnant with my first today! I have always known I’m going to do home births and I have a friend who did so I plan to reach out to her when I can think straight again!
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  • moogieksmoogieks member
    @MrsCaliRN wow. I'm sorry you "risked" out of care. I thiiiink Kaiser is California insurance. They got some interesting rules over there. Thanks for bringing it up tho, I'll add it to my questions for midwives. "What would make me risk out of care. How is that financially handled?"

    I've got bluecross blueshield and they simply don't cover homebirth at all. Going to be all out of pocket. Although after the OB, The OB assistant for my C section, and all the hospital fees - not sure the difference is much. 

    Let's go home birth ladies!!!! I just don't want to be going into my birth with the mindset of fighting the hospital and asserting my choices. I'm also trying to find a midwife with breech birth training too, incase that happens again.
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  • moogieksmoogieks member
    Also, everyone get those inquiries in! I have a LATE December due date and one midwife already said she's booked up for Dec 
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  • new_mom_mnnew_mom_mn member
    I feel like I have a lot to read! I didn't realize a birthing center was different than a hospital until reading this! Not sure what I'm doing yet. 
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  • bluecampanulabluecampanula member
    @new_mom_mn yeah, often the hospitals also call their labor & delivery dept/ward something like "birth center" also, so it does get confusing. Free standing birth centers are their own thing, usually set up to feel more like a home than a hospital, but also usually close to a hospital and with equipment on hand but out of sight - so it's very much in between hospital & home birth. 

    Now that I've moved, I'm learning that birth centers vary a lot! The one I used before was run like a co-op, all sorts of different midwifery groups had privileges to use it. So patients could choose which midwife they liked best and still deliver there. 

    The state I'm living in now is much more recent in legalizing home births, so the amount of midwives in general are fewer, and there is now one birth center. But it's privately owned and they don't accept any insurance, some people might be able to bill it to their insurances afterwards for reimbursement? Idk. It's on my list of questions. ALSO they don't have any photos on their website, I thought atmosphere was a huge selling point for birth centers?

     I need to make some phone calls next week, set up a tour, and probably just schedule an appt with either my regular dr or the associated hospital midwifery team. I'm assuming it'll be easier to switch from them to something else if I decide to, since they would automatically be covered by my insurance. So I at least have something on the books while I finish deciding. 
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  • moogieksmoogieks member
    When I went with my OBGYN they had me sign all sorts of paperwork and financial agreements at the beginning after initial consult. It was with their office manager or something too, not the OB I was seeing. It's a little overwhelming at the start!
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  • bluecampanulabluecampanula member
    moogieks said:
    When I went with my OBGYN they had me sign all sorts of paperwork and financial agreements at the beginning after initial consult. It was with their office manager or something too, not the OB I was seeing. It's a little overwhelming at the start!
    I've had such a variety, I honestly get overwhelmed not knowing how to "start". I had one medical group that wouldn't schedule anything until you walked into the lab to get an "official" pregnancy test. So then I've called others trying to figure out if I have to do that first and they're like, nah, why wouldn't be believe you and your home test? 

    The last time I went in to the hospital midwives and they did essentially a first appt (had a mini u/s even in the room). But I made it clear that I was still deciding, and was there to ask a lot of questions, and that was fine. The independent midwives have always seemed to take it for granted that you are interviewing them, and while they may have the paperwork ready, they're also very understanding about decision making. Though, like you said, they all can fill up fast. 
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  • winterhomebirth3winterhomebirth3 member
    I'm planning my 3rd home birth. I'm going to see the midwife I had last time this coming Thursday. I'm feeling pretty good about it!
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  • cornichonmamcornichonmam member
    edited May 2024
    @moogieks I'm not going for a home birth but I did have a successful VBAC with DS2. I hope you're successful and find a supportive provider. 

    I'm hoping for second VBAC at a birth centre. Both the hospitals near me have them attached to the labour ward. Though I know they will want me on the ward because I'm 'high risk'. But I'll fight my corner, like I did last time when I had complications and most of the doctors I saw wanted to ship me off for a c section there and then. 
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  • jaselizabethjaselizabeth member
    I am still waiting to hear back from a midwife. I applied a month ago when I found out I was pregnant, but there are very few midwives who will attend a home vbac here. I live Canada with free healthcare but individuals/ insurance can't pay for midwives and the government caps the funding. It's like a lottery system and the chances of receiving midwifery services is low. 
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  • moogieksmoogieks member
    Wishing you luck @jaselizabeth ! I've got an appointment with a midwife on sunday, hope we mesh well bc no one else has gotten back to me or are full. 

    I got a quote for a birthcenter but it was kinda pricey. And $200 more for their homebirth services. 
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  • moogieksmoogieks member
    edited May 2024
    I don't blame them, but a lot of midwives I've reached out to are taking a December/Jan break. Having to reach out to some who are farther away than I'd like but in the grand scheme it's not terrible to drive 30-50 minutes. It does take a good chunk of the day, but worth the price to make sure I have a provider that listens to me and can do things like breech birth. 
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