Hi all
I'm so excited to be here. I had considered having a home birth with #2, as apart from a very long pre-labour with #1 it was pretty much textbook, but my mum & husband were very sceptical and talked me out of it. As it happened I ended up being induced at 41+1 due to reduced movement. I ended up having an extremely quick delivery where I was checked at 3.30am and only 2-3cm I had her in my arms 15 mins later!!!! I went from 2-3cm to fully dilated in 10 mins and pushed for 3 minutes!!
I had my booking in appointment last week and the community midwife said I would be at very high risk of delivering on route to hospital if I didn't consider a home birth as its a 25 min drive to the hospital.
I was hoping she would say this and I think my mum & hubby can't disagree with this so are more open to the idea and happier with my choice.
Already been looking into pool hire as its always been a wish to have a water birth but never had the chance before for one reason or another.
Sorry for the long post, just too excited. Just hope all goes well through the pregnancy so I can still remain hopeful and baby behaves towards the end so I don't need to be induced again!