Athena
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I desperately want a natural water birth and have opted to be referred to a brand new independent Midwife Led Unit. It looks amazing in the pics and has a birthing pool in every room which is what swayed me as the hospital only has the one pool.
My main concern is, what if something goes wrong? Like I can't push the baby out, or she gets stuck or has trouble breathing afterwards. There is a 15 min transfer to the nearest hospital and it's the only thing that is worrying me. I don't know if I'm being selfish by wanting a water birth so badly that I will take a risk by not being in a hospital.
I've had two babies before, my first I struggled to get him out and needed vontouse and forceps after a long labour with an epidural he was 8lb8oz. My second was 7lb 13oz I had a quick gas and air labour and found her easy to push out but that was 13 years ago so I haven't done this for a while. I feel like this will be a big baby too and don't know if that will make a difference to my labour. If I've needed forceps before is it more likely I will need again if she's big?
What would you do/are you planning? Your thoughts, opinions, advice would be so appreciated
My main concern is, what if something goes wrong? Like I can't push the baby out, or she gets stuck or has trouble breathing afterwards. There is a 15 min transfer to the nearest hospital and it's the only thing that is worrying me. I don't know if I'm being selfish by wanting a water birth so badly that I will take a risk by not being in a hospital.
I've had two babies before, my first I struggled to get him out and needed vontouse and forceps after a long labour with an epidural he was 8lb8oz. My second was 7lb 13oz I had a quick gas and air labour and found her easy to push out but that was 13 years ago so I haven't done this for a while. I feel like this will be a big baby too and don't know if that will make a difference to my labour. If I've needed forceps before is it more likely I will need again if she's big?
What would you do/are you planning? Your thoughts, opinions, advice would be so appreciated