Even though this link made me extremely sad, I think it's important to show the other side of home birth.
My pregnancy was the most normal and easy of pregnancies and I did consider a home birth and my husband wouldn't hear about it.
I'm so thankful I listened to him and had a hospital birth because once I got to the hospital everything that could go wrong did and I ended up having an emergency c-section after hours of unproductive labor and almost three nights at the hospital. My "little one" was 9.2 lbs and 22 inches long and I'm a short/small person and they don't think I would have been able to push her out easily even if all would have gone according to "plan."
My baby then had some minor complications after birth (due to having aspired meconium) that were promptly taking care of and they just generally took excellent care of us and actually left it up to me to decide when I was feeling good enough to leave. I know that not all hospitals are great but I did my research and asked my friends about their experience before choosing the right one. I've learned that everything that can turn on a dime and go from great to bad in an instant and with no medical equipment around, I just don't know how the whole thing would have turned out.
Well, to be fair midwives do carry quite a bit of equipment with them and are highly regulated in Canada, more educated than OBs, even, but they aren't as equipped as a hospital, that is true. What would have happened with you, most likely, is they would have taken you to hospital as they did with me (though they should have taken me much sooner and they took me for the wrong reason!)
Ugh. There are incompetent people in every profession.
I'm so glad everything turned out ok for you and your daughter.
My pregnancy was the most normal and easy of pregnancies and I did consider a home birth and my husband wouldn't hear about it.
I'm so thankful I listened to him and had a hospital birth because once I got to the hospital everything that could go wrong did and I ended up having an emergency c-section after hours of unproductive labor and almost three nights at the hospital. My "little one" was 9.2 lbs and 22 inches long and I'm a short/small person and they don't think I would have been able to push her out easily even if all would have gone according to "plan."
My baby then had some minor complications after birth (due to having aspired meconium) that were promptly taking care of and they just generally took excellent care of us and actually left it up to me to decide when I was feeling good enough to leave. I know that not all hospitals are great but I did my research and asked my friends about their experience before choosing the right one. I've learned that everything that can turn on a dime and go from great to bad in an instant and with no medical equipment around, I just don't know how the whole thing would have turned out.
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Ugh. There are incompetent people in every profession.
I'm so glad everything turned out ok for you and your daughter.
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