Mar 04 2025 97 mins
Today, we interviewed first-time mum Rachel about the birth of her baby. Initially planning for private OB and hospital care, Rachel explored public hospitals and homebirth midwives before choosing a homebirth after watching Birth Time. She experienced PROM and prodromal labour, and during active labour, transferred to the hospital due to her baby's elevated heart rate.
Rachel reflects on the challenges that followed, particularly hospital policy placing her baby in special care. She also opens up about her breastfeeding journey, which ended around 4 months postpartum with the return of her period, and discovering her baby had CMPI.
Links:
- Birth Time Film
- RANZCOG - Homebirths
- Transfer to hospital in planned home births: a systematic review
- Ten years of a publicly funded homebirth service in Victoria: Maternal and neonatal outcomes.
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