My birth plan was " get baby out safe n sound " and guess what ..... It worked lol........
No matter what type of labour and delivery you have it is SO worth the end result
Kakae I've always been jealous of the NZ birth model.
Here in Australia its more similar to the US - except we just have midwives not CNMs and CPMs so they all get the same university education. Most work in hospitals and dome choose to work independently and do homebirths (or hospital births with private clients, but hiring an independent midwife is the only way to have continuity of care otherwise you see various Midwives at antenatal appointments and whatever midwife is on duty for the birth)
Recently there's been a whole ordeal affecting the ability for midwives to practice privately do its becoming increasingly more diffifult to be able to find one and the nearest independent midwife to me is 3 1/2 hours away
Apparently ground beef makes me sick. Earlier in the week I had tacos for dinner and ended up dry heaving at 2am. I thought it was just being pregnant so I had leftovers the next night and was sick again. Tonight I made homemade meatballs to go with our spaghetti and now I'm sick again!
Maybe I'll have to stick with boring ol chicken.
Kakae I've always been jealous of the NZ birth model.
Here in Australia its more similar to the US - except we just have midwives not CNMs and CPMs so they all get the same university education. Most work in hospitals and dome choose to work independently and do homebirths (or hospital births with private clients, but hiring an independent midwife is the only way to have continuity of care otherwise you see various Midwives at antenatal appointments and whatever midwife is on duty for the birth)
Recently there's been a whole ordeal affecting the ability for midwives to practice privately do its becoming increasingly more diffifult to be able to find one and the nearest independent midwife to me is 3 1/2 hours away
NDH is this the case if you choose to go public for your birth? I am going private and all my appointments are with my OB. My OB is part of 5 female OB's that run a practice together (incl. 2 midwives). So as part of my prenatal care I get to meet all of the OB's so I will know who delivers my baby. From my last birth all the OB's are lovely and the midwives were great also so I am feeling very comfortable in my care this time. Are you located rural?
Hamburger has been a queasy button for me as well this pregnancy. I don't remember it being like this with my last but DH had Taco Bell the other day and it put me off so much. He also made himself a hamburger for lunch a couple of days ago and that put me off too.
I found a hypno-birthing class right here in town, I may have to check that out.
I also found a birthing center really close to the last hospital that I gave birth in. The bad news is that it's about 2 hours away from where I live now so the drive would be a bit of a risk if I ended up having a super short birth this time (unlikely considering how long my last birth was but you never know). They also do water births and the atmosphere looks very home-like. The thing I like the most is how close it is to the last hospital I gave birth in, so if something went wrong it would be a short drive there. I'm planning to call them tomorrow to ask some questions like insurance coverage and if they would be okay with me just giving birth there and not having my prenatal appointments there since I live 2 hours away.
Kakae I've always been jealous of the NZ birth model.
Here in Australia its more similar to the US - except we just have midwives not CNMs and CPMs so they all get the same university education. Most work in hospitals and dome choose to work independently and do homebirths (or hospital births with private clients, but hiring an independent midwife is the only way to have continuity of care otherwise you see various Midwives at antenatal appointments and whatever midwife is on duty for the birth)
Recently there's been a whole ordeal affecting the ability for midwives to practice privately do its becoming increasingly more diffifult to be able to find one and the nearest independent midwife to me is 3 1/2 hours away
NDH is this the case if you choose to go public for your birth? I am going private and all my appointments are with my OB. My OB is part of 5 female OB's that run a practice together (incl. 2 midwives). So as part of my prenatal care I get to meet all of the OB's so I will know who delivers my baby. From my last birth all the OB's are lovely and the midwives were great also so I am feeling very comfortable in my care this time. Are you located rural?
Yes we don't have an option of private care here - you see the OB if you're high risk obviously (we have 4, one each week on rotation) otherwise its midwives only. I am not entirely sure what the options are for private care here as its not something I have an interest in whatsoever - OBs are not my thing at all - if there's the option to see the OBs privately at their own clinics and then birth at the base hospital same as anyone else (the private hospital doesn't have a maternity unit) or if you have to go to Newcastle or Coffs. The few people I know who have gone private have travelled but I don't know if that's cause they wanted to or if that's their only option. I mean I know you can have private cover I just don't know if you get specific care here for having it. I dont think so, other than a few perks during hospital stay (no private rooms though, but most are just double). So so if you want specific ob etc I think you have to travel.
I'm regional not rural (I think?). We have a population of over 40,000 - nearly double including surrounds.
Hamburger has been a queasy button for me as well this pregnancy. I don't remember it being like this with my last but DH had Taco Bell the other day and it put me off so much. He also made himself a hamburger for lunch a couple of days ago and that put me off too.
I found a hypno-birthing class right here in town, I may have to check that out.
I also found a birthing center really close to the last hospital that I gave birth in. The bad news is that it's about 2 hours away from where I live now so the drive would be a bit of a risk if I ended up having a super short birth this time (unlikely considering how long my last birth was but you never know). They also do water births and the atmosphere looks very home-like. The thing I like the most is how close it is to the last hospital I gave birth in, so if something went wrong it would be a short drive there. I'm planning to call them tomorrow to ask some questions like insurance coverage and if they would be okay with me just giving birth there and not having my prenatal appointments there since I live 2 hours away.
That sounds like it could work well if they're happy for you to have prenatal care closer to home instead of through them. 2 hours is annoying but doable - I had a 3 hour drive last time. Good luck.
