On 7 Sep, 00:02, "The Medway Handyman"
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On 6 Sep, 20:54, Owain wrote:
The Medway Handyman wrote:
oblong wrote:
I'm planning a home birth
Why don't you just go to hospital like normal people?
Well, this is a DIY group.
Owain
(I am the OP, I posted using wrong account before)
lol! *Yes, all you uk-diy-ers ought to be well into home births!
Thanks for the (relevant) responses, I'm reassured, I'll put the pool
over the load-bearing wall as it's a reasonable place to put it
anyway.
Regarding home birth.. I can't let some of the comments go un-
answered! *Homebirth is as safe as hospital birth for normal low-risk
births based on the statistics, this is with trasfers to hospital
taken into account.
Bollox of course it isnt, you have no access to back up facilities. *You are
simply a potencial burden to the ambulance service.
I know it seems counter-intuitive but it is a fact. In hospital
intervention often leads to further intervention which can sometimes
lead to problems that wouldn't have arisen otherwise, this is often
due to trying to 'hurry things up'.
Obviously hospital is needed in some situations
but these things rarely happen suddenly without warning. *This is my
fourth baby but first home birth. *First three very straight-forward
but hospital was just a really unpleasant experience for me, I really
want the full attention of a midwife and to be in my own relaxing
surroundings. *The only differences for me will be...
That you are getting the extra attention you crave. *Never mind the extra
cost to all of us via the NHS.
If you think having the attention of a midwife while in established
labour is 'attention-seeking', then yes, I am. I think every woman
should be able to have this.
a) I'll have the full attention of a midwife throughout
But not the attention of a fully staffed NHS unit with access to every
possible resoursce you might need.
There are plenty of hospital maternity units that don't have
pediatrics / anaesthestatists / obstetricians, the NHS advocates this
type of non-medical environment for normal births. Access to those
things is available, just not in the same building.
b) I'll be able to use the pool for relaxation and pain relief (have
used before but not allowed last time due to hospital staff issues -
def. does give pain relief, at least it did to me)
And its 'trendy'. *You have endless material to bore the arse off people at
dinner parties when you talk about your 'birthing experience'.
You couldn't be more wrong about that. Maybe elsewhere in the
country.. where I live it's not popular or 'trendy' at all (about one
home birth a month in the county), I've not discussed it at all with
most of my friends and virtually all of the people I work with day-to-
day have no idea where I plan to have my baby.
c) I won't have to travel in the middle of labour and then possibly
wait around and argue to be allowed into the delivery suite.
But if anything goes toes up you cause the NHS sh*t loads of extra time &
expense.
I don't really understand that, why would anything go wrong at home
that wouldn't have gone wrong in hospital.. causing exactly the same
expense apart from maybe an ambulance journey. It's still cheaper for
the NHS overall. Home births are cheaper to the NHS than hospital
births
http://www.homebirth.org.uk/homebirt...average%20cost
d) I'll be able to move around and not forced to lie on a bed being
monitored
e) I'll avoid not-needed interventions (experienced twice)
f) It'll be a great experience as opposed to a mildly traumatic one.
Grow up & get used to it FFS. *Our NHS isn't perfect but it's probably the
best in the world. *The nature of the *beast is that you become a number.
I have nothing against the NHS. The NHS is very supportive of home
births and midwives are part of the NHS too. Giving birth is very
different to other hospital procedures, your body does it itself, the
hospital doesn't (and shouldn't) 'make it happen' unless there's a
serious problem.
jb.
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Dave - The Medway Handymanwww.medwayhandyman.co.uk