I wish DH would " catch" the baby but he is sqirmy when it comes to stuff like that. We barely could convince him to cut the cord when I had Emily.
I am not sure if he will even be present with this birth ( unless I deliver during the night) because we now have a 2 yr old who will be home. Our first concern is her, if she starts to get upset then she will be taken to the play room downstairs. Other than DH, Emily and the MW I don't want anyone else in the house.

I'm thinking of only having my midwives (I will have two at birth) and hubby present for home delivery. My mom really wants to come but I think I'll be more relaxed if there r less ppl there

I don't want to have to worry about how I am dressed or what ppl will see so that is the reason no one is allowed here till after baby arrives.. even so we might dely when we tell ppl he has arrived. It will give us time to relax and enjoy our new bundle before vistors.
I also have 2 MW.. one for me and one to tend to the baby.

hahaha that's one of the reasons for me too. I'm happy to have 2 MW's...makes me feel more secure. Sometimes I freak out that they won't get here on time. I dont know why I'm worried about that though

I think everyone who has a homebirth worries about being alone when baby arrives..
Your body knows what it's doing and there is always 911.. I am in a very small town so if for some reason I will need to call emergancy services.. the whole town will have their noses to their window panes..lol.

Planning on a home birth here too! I'm in Ontario and have never actually encountered anyone in real life that has had a home birth beyond my grandmother. We'll also be taking a hypnobirthing course starting next month too.

And to the one that asked about how easy it may be for people to get midwives outside of Quebec -- it isn't very accessible in my experience and I'm close to Toronto. I contacted the midwifery closest to me within a few days of missing my period and they couldn't take me on. I was lucky to be able to get into the only other midwifery that I would have been allowed into (due to location) and drive the 40 min to see them. I also had to get special permission approved by the team in order to be consired for home birth due to living outside of their area. Thank goodness they're excited about women who want to do it at home!

I look forward to seeing some positive hb stories on this thread soon!

Welcome, I am in the Kawartha Lakes area so I use the Midwives in Lindsay. I didn't have a problem getting in and made it known that I wanted a HB right from the beginning. I am very lucky. My SIL had a HB back in Sept. in Welland so I have someone with experience to turn too.
I only have 6 more days till I am considered " full term" and will be allowed to have a HB. 37 weeks is the earliest.

41+2 and still waiting lol

Oh Heather, you poor girl.
I receive the stuf you sent me but didn't reply because I assumed you would be busy with baby.
Will your MW deliver at home after 42 weeks ?
Mine won't !!!!!

Technically they recommend that after 42 we will be in hospital...which is what we would do anyways just as risks do increase and my husband wouldn't be comfortable (which is important to me). However, if everything looks good on the biophysical profile, etc. it would still be our choice as to whether we wanted to or not. My MWs are VERY liberal on certain things and I could see them actually doing it...but I don't think WE would...
DD#1 came at 41+1 so we're entering new territory with this one!!! Ended up having a stretch and sweep yesterday (cramping but nothing significant happening). Had a biophysical profile today and everything looks good so we're good for another couple of days at least. I assume my MWs will come to my house tomorrow and give me another sweep and if that doesn't work we'll look at induction stuff. Two options- more natural methods (i.e. verbena concoction) or going to the hospital and doing the standard induction. We've decided if everything continues to look good from monitoring that we're opting out of a hospital induction as long as possible (unless things are not good of course).
Despite the little bit of hassle caused by going late I still feel great so trying to stay calm and let baby come when she's ready! The scan today estimated her at 8.5lbs so we'll see!! I'll update here when she arrives