Sorry I havn't been around for a while, had some probs!
Well where do I begin???
Huge congrats to all who have had their little bundles of joy no matter how they got here, they're here and thats the important bit.
BH you did amazingly well, some things are just taken out of our hands and I have to say that sometimes no matter how we feel it can sometimes be for the best, your LO is gorgeous and thats all that matters and huge respect to you for hanging in with the BF for that alone you deserve a medal
ER sooooooooooooo glad to hear your HB plans are finaly being taken seriously
I had emailed the goverment office to try and help anyone get info and this was the reply I got
Thank you for your email of 12 February about home births and your wish to contact an official. I have been asked to reply.
The publication Maternity Matters: Choice, access and continuity of care in a safe service (2007) details national choice guarantees. In relation to choice of place of birth - depending on their circumstances - women and their partners will be able to choose where they wish to give birth.
In making their decision, women will need to understand that their choice of place of birth will affect the choice of pain relief available to them. The options for place of birth are:
birth supported by a midwife at home;
birth supported by a midwife in a local midwifery facility such as a designated local midwifery unit or birth centre; and
birth supported by a maternity team in a hospital.
Expectant parents may contact the Midwifery Officer at their Strategic Health Authority for support in accessing their choice. In the case of Cornwall, this would be Val Beale at NHS South West. The email address for NHS South West is:
https://www.southwest.nhs.uk/generalenquiries.asp
You should be able to contact Val Beale on 01823 361234. If you have difficulty doing so, the main telephone number for NHS South West is: 01823 361000.
Yours sincerely,
Shelley Wilson
Customer Service Centre
Department of Health
she replied specificaly for the SW as you can see but I'm sure they could give out all the other numbers as well so if it helps anyone feel free to try them.
MM I'm in slightly the same boat as you...in the fact they have absolutly no idea which way around Nyah is??
She was head down at 20w scan and
I think she still is but after having 3-4 MWs have a feel they can't be sure??? I have to go for a scan at 36 weeks and go from there but HB plans are all in order and the local BC has all my details and a copy of my birth plan. The only 2 reasons I won't get a HB is if the BC is so full they have no MWs spare (being a rural area they could all be in there and I would have to go to them?) or if madam really is breech, but even then I can stay ay home as long as I'm comfy cause it's a 5 minute ride to the BC. Hey I just think well I get to see her again via scan
Welcome to all the new HBAH's I'm sure it must be catching.
Sam9 kids wow your LO is so cute congrats and hope things Keep getting better.
Just one more thing re VIT K
My midwife asked me about it and I had not really gone into depth on any previous pregnancy so I asked her (shes a great sorce of info and doesn't mind how much or what I ask about)
They give it because if for any reason LO has not got enough VK in their system their blood may not clot properly and this can lead to internal bleeding from the birth. They have no idea at the time of birth if they've picked up enough inside us. The injection is quick and delivers in one dose. (she made a good point that do we really notice too much just after birth? LO is in pretty much the same boat and so overwhelmed they hardly notice either)
It can be given orally but does not get into the system as quick ...therefor not as effective straight after birth when they may need it. Also it can be quite tricky orally and if LO is sick they cannot re give the dose so that one would be useless and they have to give more than one so many days apart etc if one does not go down (sick reason) they have to re do. Basicly so much more faffing and not as reliable.
Well I'll stop babbling now and try to catch up on some more of the threads I've missed How celleics???(ok I know who I mean) by the way did'nt see her avitar pop up as I was scanning through.
Keep well ladies hopefully I'll be around to natter now
my poor baby boy was affected by a lot of the drugs and things have been really hard. I need to go through my hospital notes so that I can rationalise everything and get things straight in my head. It has really affected me. I cry every day and I felt quite detached from everything.
Thats no fun at all...
Sorry Nat.....didnt think of that 
