Forum : Pregnancy

I was booked for a homebirth with my daughter so i will try and help as much as poss! Yes the midwives are allowed to give Pethedine depending on where you live, is how you get the pethedine some midwives carry it, but i had to get a prescription off my doctor for it. As i didnt manage my homebirth(i had to go to hosp after a few hours) i cant comment on the mess i made, but as a Paramedic, i have attended loads of home births and the mess isnt as ad as you would think!. I just got some plastic sheeting from B+Q, some incontinence sheets from work and some old towels off my mum.
Hope this helps and Good Luck!!! xx

thanku yes thats helped and also gud to no i can av pethadine at home as was really worried bowt this thanku x

The midwives clean most of the mess for you, they take away the placenta etc with them. I have an old shower curtain ready for my homebirth, so it can just be thrown away afterwards.
Also you can have pethidine at home, but here you have to request it when you call the midwife out, they don't carry it as standard.

my last baby was born within an hour so hopefully the midwife will get eya in time lol

hi...i have had two homebirths both times were quick and both times the midwife HASNT made it and my partner has had to deliver!!!i would suggest you ring as soon as you have the first twinge so to give them enough time to get there!!it all depends on where you live to what kind of care you get i think, i have had no problems both times there hasnt been much mess and the midwives have cleaned up and got me into shower etc much better than hospital personally!!!But a friend of mine had a home birth in brighton and the midwives turned up delivered and were gone within half an hour just taking the placenta away with them!!Mine have always stayed at least two hours!!so long as you have some old towels and plastic sheeting there really shouldnt be much mess and you should be fine!!You should ask your midwife about it just to see how it all works in your area and make sure they know thats what you want!!!How far gone are you??Have you had any complications in your last pregnancies or birth???

im 8 wks at mo, iv had 4 hospital births and all were uncomplicated but my last baby came after an hour lol iv wanted a home birth with my last 2 babys but each time was talked out of it, personally i dont think they cud b bothered as theres no real reason i cudnt have 1 x

hi..congratulations....yes you are right they are just talking you out of it, they do that but you must not let them if a home birth is what you want, im sure they are very good at talking people out of it, luckily they have always been very supportive about home births with me, so long as everything is ok and no complications, you should be fine.
My second was born after 4 hours by my partner (midwife turned up about 20mins after!!) and my third about was born after about 40 minutes again delivered by my partner(midwives werent too far behind this time about 10mins!)
how old are your other children??

hla my others are 13, 9, 4, and nearly 17 months. all girls exept youngest lol he was sposed to be my last but the coil failed so here we go again lol

oh wow really my doc wanted me to have the coil, glad i said no lol..mine are 3,18months and 12 weeks, two boys and a girl.Have you decided whether your going to ask about a homebirth??

hla yea midwifes giving me my booking in appointment 2moz so am telling her [not asking lol] that im having a homebirth. its going to be so much easier