The 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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I am moving to Newcastle at the end of the year!
I will no longer be taking clients on in South Yorkshire
some people have found listening in to the heart rate on a pinard/fetoscope can be a nice way to bond with the baby, along with feeling your baby moving with your hands. Have you noticed your baby responding to your touch and your voice?
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I found the first week of living in the Jungle really hard. I had been looking forward to it for months, I had always wanted to go and live simply, with only basics, good people and good conversations. Go back to how communities would’ve been before modern society, just to try it out. It was TOUGH, really tough.
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“…as the support you have given means it’s a challenge we can meet rather than a trauma to forget…”
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