Parenting

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We're days away from our 2nd baby :) 

if all goes well it's going to be a home birth; we have a great doula who's suggested we print our birth plan, so (obviously) I designed one - much easier to skim than a wall of text

It's just a Figma file for now (link below); can anyone help turn this into a gdoc template?

Baby #2 is here 👶

It was a home birth (ask away); it was getting late, so our doula suggested she take a bath. It did the trick — called doula & midwives, started setting up the pool but didn't even get to use it because baby was out 30' after the midwives got here

Baby #2 is here 👶

It was a home birth (ask away); it was getting late, so our doula suggested she take a bath. It did the trick — called doula & midwives, started setting up the pool but didn't even get to use it because baby was out 30' after the midwives got here 

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30 minute home birth, wow! what was a non-negotiable for agreeing to do this instead of a hospital birth?

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I guess if you count from the beginning of the build-up it was more like 3 hours, but quick for sure

I'm not sure I understand the question, but we wanted a home birth unless circumstances meant hospital was safer, which is a minority % (we would not have pushed back in that case) 

Could talk about this a lot, but TLDR the transfer itself and the environment will increase your stress levels so much that labour will be harder by default

Oh, interesting - sorry about your experience, in our case the problem was lack of staff (it was the middle of COVID) but the result was a 24+ ordeal

If I had to pinpoint a problem with hospital births is the loss of control: once you're there, if there is not enough staff / untrained staff / no room / no pool / whatever it is, you're stuck with it

If you've set yourself up for success at home, if all goes well > happy days, but if do you have to transfer then it means you had to and I guess there's peace of mind in that sense

I think home births are not inherently unsafe, I guess it depends on the home — we were asked to do a home assessment but then again, we were also told you can't be forced to give birth in the hospital if you don't want to (this is in the UK)

my wife gave birth to our first and only child in a hospital. the transfer wasn't terrible, but the delivery was a pain. they extended her labor unnecessarily due to untrained staff. 

to clarify my question: what was one thing you would not negotiate on when choosing home birth vs hospital birth. and it sounded like it was safety for you. i wonder if you could be more specific. what could potentially be unsafe about a home birth?