Home Births

This is a subject close to my heart as I was lucky enough to have my second child, my son Sebastian at home six weeks ago. Having had my daughter in hospital with disinterested staff, a midwife only for the last hour of labour and an awful postnatal experience I was terrified at the thought of having to have my next baby in the hospital again. Thankfully as I had a very supportive midwife and a husband who had seen what the first labour had done to me and was 100% behind me, I booked a homebirth at 16 weeks. What is a homebirth? As the name suggests you labour and deliver at home with a midwife, only transferring to a hospital if an emergency ...  Read the complete review

This review is from the dad's perspective! To begin with, we had our first baby at a hospital, and I wouldn't recommend a home birth for baby number one, as it's a good opportunity to get accustomed to the whole thing. With baby number two, we couldn't help but feel the hospital experience had let us down a bit: very impersonal, and being thrown out after visiting hours, it was a bit too 'out of our hands'. So, my wife decided she fancied a home birth, and I agreed. So this is how the day went: 1) Early contractions. We weren't sure whether it was really happening or not, and felt a little out of our depth: was this it or were they just tightenings? ...  Read the complete review

After being induced with my first child I was sure I didn't want a hospital birth the second time around. I also didn't want to be induced ever again in my whole life! It was the most painful thing ever and so man-made. When my midwife suggested to me that I might consider a home birth I wasn't sold on the idea straight away but after doing plenty of research and discussing the subject with my hubby we decided that we would plan to have our second bundle of joy in the comfort of our own home. I have to say that it was one of the best experiences of my life and I dont regret a minute of it. It didnt all go as we had planned though. At 37 weeks ...  Read the complete review

Having a home birth was one of the best experiances in my life so far. i am a mother of three, and had my first two babies in hospital and had a home birth with my third. why did i want a home birth?.....i didnt have bad or horrible experiances having my first two daughters in hospital, there are a few different reasons why i decided to have a home birth first one being.... i just dont like hospitals! i remember when i was younger i fainted in one visiting my sister and every snce then i have always felt uncomfortable and nervous. My first two births were about 6 and 7 hours long, everything ran smoothly and i had gas and air and then i got to the ...  Read the complete review

With my 1st being nervous about the whole experience I opted for a hospital birth despite being given the choice, good job I did as went into labour a month early and had him 6hours later. Thorughout the labour the care was poor and the aftercare was none existant to the extent I didnt see a midwife for 12hrs after moving down to the post natal ward. It was then I asked for help breastfeeding to be told they were short and were some bottles in the fridge. I felt so let down. Even before I fell pregnant with my 2nd last year I had decide I wanted a homebirth, I had the same midwife and she was really supportive as was very pro homebirths, although we did agree ...  Read the complete review