Favorite part of your homebirth
By ryleesmama
@ryleesmama (560)
United States
February 12, 2007 4:18pm CST
I loved having a homebirth. Some of the main reasons were being able to have the baby in my own bed, then taking a bath with her, then going back to my bed with nice clean sheets, not having to pack up and drive home from the hospitol and eating whatever whenever I felt like it. I also loved that my baby and I were never sperated! What was your favorite part?
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@biwasaki (1745)
• United States
17 Feb 07
CONGRATULATIONS on having a home birth. I think this option should be made available to more women. Did you have a midwife or doula to assist you? I would love to be able to have a home birth, but its just not very widely accepted where I live. There aren't any midwives or doulas here and none of the doctors want to do it.
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@biwasaki (1745)
• United States
21 Feb 07
I live in Hawaii. The island that I am on is pretty rural. There is one midwife that I know of on the island and two hospitals, one has six OB doctors and the other has two. None of them are willing to do homebirths, which is kind of a shame. I'm expecting my third child in about a month and I would love to be able to have a home birth.
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@eden32 (3973)
• United States
6 Mar 07
Check out www.mana.org (Midwives Alliance of North America) to see if there are any CPM (certified professional midwife) or DEM (direct-entry mw, sometimes also called lay midwife) midwives in your area. I'm not sure what the laws are for midwives in Hawaii. If CPMs/DEMs aren't recognized it may be harder to find one, but I would bet they are there somewhere:)
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@SlapItHigh (172)
• United States
23 Feb 07
We are TTC#3 and planning a homebirth so I enjoy reading what you and others enjoyed about your homebirths. This will be our first homebirth, I have had 2 hospital births. I deeply regret not homebirthing my other babies.
@eden32 (3973)
• United States
6 Mar 07
I've had 3 hospital births & feel the same way. Although the middle one was a great experience in a hospital, the first & third were over-managed & so out of my control. I'm expecting #4 now, and short of a major complication showing up, I plan to home birth this time.
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