{"id":6563,"date":"2014-12-05T08:42:06","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T13:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=6563"},"modified":"2014-12-05T08:42:06","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T13:42:06","slug":"choosing-homebirth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/05\/choosing-homebirth\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing Homebirth"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was recently featured in an article on Babble.com<\/a> in an article on\u00a0Kourtney Kardashian’s statement about not being comfortable with homebirth. \u00a0I was quoted as the only pro-homebirth mommy and while I’m okay with that, I wanted to take the time not to share my story (I’e already done that here <\/a>and here<\/a>), but to share my decision.<\/p>\n

I know homebirth is not right for every woman (though I do think it should be every woman’s right to choose<\/a> it if she wishes) and I would never tell any woman she should do it. \u00a0It’s something a woman has to want for herself and something she really believes in, as I do.<\/p>\n

My first birth didn’t go as I had planned (the full, long story here<\/a>) and my second went pretty much exactly as I wanted aside from a long labor at the hospital.<\/p>\n

With my first baby, I didn’t even consider homebirth. \u00a0I wasn’t very well educated and started seeing an OB that was recommended by a friend. \u00a0It wasn’t until I signed up for a Bradley class that was cancelled that I really started thinking about how I wanted the birth to go. \u00a0Despite my best efforts, my first birth was an unwanted (and unnecessary) induction which left me feeling angry and like a victim of circumstances outside myself.<\/p>\n

When I started thinking about another birth, I immediately knew homebirth would be a great option for me. \u00a0I wanted a birth that was as intervention-free as possible and after an (almost) natural first birth despite the induction, I knew I could do it. \u00a0Unfortunately an overseas move in the middle of my second\u00a0pregnancy took homebirth out of the realm of possibility.<\/p>\n

But with my third, homebirth was the only option I even considered. \u00a0I did have to face the possibility of another hospital birth an possible c-section midway through when it was discovered I had a complete placenta previa (more on that here<\/a>) but even that didn’t change my mind about wanting a homebirth.<\/p>\n

\"SONY<\/a>I chose homebirth for me, my baby and my family for many reasons and always felt comfortable with my choice because:<\/p>\n