wanna_baby
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Hi ladies,
I am expecting my 3rd and final baby and my first 2 were natural somewhat speedy normal labor. This time around, I wanted to experience the water birth so went with a midwife vs an OB for this reason... after learning more about it, two things that I am concerned about are i found out I can't have an epidural for a water birth also, there's really no hospital stay after the birth with the midwife...
although I like the chances of less tearing with water birth (I tore for both my other babies), I am not sure if I can handle without epidural....
Also, I do enjoy the rest time at the hospital and a pediatrician examining the baby vs the midwife doing all the assessment and basically get sent home after the delivery...
I should also mention that I am in Canada and it's more common to go with OB for pregnancies here over midwife.... the only reason I wanted to go with a midwife is for the water birth experience...
Can anyone share some insight to the difference?? which did you prefer if you had both?
I am expecting my 3rd and final baby and my first 2 were natural somewhat speedy normal labor. This time around, I wanted to experience the water birth so went with a midwife vs an OB for this reason... after learning more about it, two things that I am concerned about are i found out I can't have an epidural for a water birth also, there's really no hospital stay after the birth with the midwife...
although I like the chances of less tearing with water birth (I tore for both my other babies), I am not sure if I can handle without epidural....
Also, I do enjoy the rest time at the hospital and a pediatrician examining the baby vs the midwife doing all the assessment and basically get sent home after the delivery...
I should also mention that I am in Canada and it's more common to go with OB for pregnancies here over midwife.... the only reason I wanted to go with a midwife is for the water birth experience...
Can anyone share some insight to the difference?? which did you prefer if you had both?