Water birth consultation

No questions but would love to know the outcome as we're due around the same time 😊

@Lucy I'll let you know 🤞

I've just recently been signed off for attempting a water birth in a midwife led centre after having to do a good amount of self advocacy to get there. Think the main questions I kept it mind were:

- What are the specific risk factors potentially stopping me from accessing a water birth? (I wanted to be aware of if there was anything else other than a weight on a scale at play)
- What's the process for being considered based on my own medical data versus the line in policy? (My consultant flat out said it wouldn't be an option until I asked this,l. Then she said "well I would need to chat with another consultant and the head of midwifery etc..." to which I said "sounds good" haha)
- My preference for my and baby's care is XXX - what options do we have to make that happen?
- Please record that my preference is X in my notes and that you are saying Y (never had to use this one, but was recommended by a doula)

I also asked alot about absolute amd relative risk - and alternatives of approach.

Ultimately I found they wanted to make sure they had covered their backs in terms of heightened risks versus feeling overly opposed to a water birth. And that there were only a few issues they were really firm on and with those they did a really good job of walking me through why they felt so strongly (I.e. active third stage management for me because I have some fibroids which put my risk of PPH much higher)

thank you so much for taking the time to reply, I'll definitely make a note of these and bring them with me on Monday. Thank you!

Np! A great book that helped me feel prepared for this too is called Fat Birth! Gave me a lot of confidence that what I was asking for wasn't outrageous

And this was a good article too

https://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/waterbirth-high-bmi