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Homebirth: Postcode
4211
Year of baby's birth
2009
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Model of care
Private midwife
Why did you choose this model of care?
Safest option for baby & I was to birth from home
What were your choices for this birth?
Water immersion for labour and birth, Support for normal vaginal birth, Homebirth with a registered private midwife, Unmedicalised birth process, Birth support team of my choice (no visitor restrictions), Vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC)
How did your birth start?
Spontaneous labour (started naturally)
What were your outcomes?
Attended by my known midwife/doctor, Water immersion for labour, Water immersion for birth, Instinctive pushing (ie not coached), Grazing/1st-2nd degree tear, Vaginal birth, Physiological 3rd stage (natural placenta birth without syntocinon), Vaginal Birth after Caesaren (VBAC)
Details of experience
I wanted homebirth for my 1st born. That was medically complicated, so I had a HBAC for my 2nd & it was healing, bonding & transformative; stepping into motherhood feeling confident and ready, rather than medicalised and scared, like my 1st time. One of my best life experiences.