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antimo 🎩
@antimofm.eth
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 https://warpcast.com/antimofm.eth/0xdef487f1
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humpty
@humpty
30 minute home birth, wow! what was a non-negotiable for agreeing to do this instead of a hospital birth?
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antimo 🎩
@antimofm.eth
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
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humpty
@humpty
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?
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antimo 🎩
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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)
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