Such a knowledgeable and lovely lady, has provided me with invaluable knowledge, confidence and belief. Wonderful!
If you need intervention at home, that necessitates transfer, you can be sure you would have needed that intervention if you had been in hospital for the whole birth.
These birth stories are so important to share. Induction is not always positive and that is because it comes from a lack of informed consent. Cara* had the support of our Home Birth Support Group UK and her doula and knew and understood the induction process and her rights to informed choice and to wait. She also had the full support of her husband which is vital.Stories of empowered women and families, who have remained in control of their own births and made their own decisions carry such weight. This is the story of Cara's* birth, not a medical procedure.
I have with a friend, set up the Home Birth Support Group UK on Facebook. It is a busy, lively group for anyone who has had, or is interested in having a home birth. All of our members births are very important to us. The group is for women planning a home birth - but […]