Syntometrine and Syntocinon are both part of my birth kit as a way of managing postnatal blood loss.
However this whole batch is going in the sharps box as they have all expired.
I very rarely end up using synthetic oxytocin at home births because there is so much natural oxytocin flowing that it's not needed!
Read MoreSo there had been a few days where we thought this baby was starting to come, with some stronger contractions and some regular pattern. This all started at 36 weeks!
All of that combined with finding out she was pregnant so early made it feel like Katie had been pregnant forever!
However with no poking or prodding, this baby came in her own time at 41 weeks and 1 day.
Read MoreThe most common reason that home births are transferred to hospital is for a long labour, this is not an acute emergency which results in going straight to theatre, it’s simply to go in and discuss a next steps plan with the obstetric team.
It really is usually a lot less dramatic than you’d think.
Often times a baby is born uneventfully in their home and after a couple of hours of monitoring I leave you in bed with your new family member enjoying cuddles and food coming back to visit the next day.
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