Home birth?

What do you mean by “guidelines are unable to be followed despite best intents”? Midwives all receive the same training and all have to follow the same guidelines. There will be experienced midwives in the hospital and at home births, you can’t guarantee who will be available when you go into labour where ever you are x

Home births aren't facilitated where I live, there's no home birth team that covers my area.

I do agree that homebirth is preferable to hospital birth though! I've chosen the birth centre as a middle ground. It looks lovely and the vibes are great. All midwives I've met are supportive of out of guidelines birth (which I am technically as a vbac on the birth centre as well as other things)

I think the best way to give birth in this current system is unfortunately to get as informed as possible, and be ready to quote research/stats back to the team in the event of misinformation/coercion etc.

If this is the only reason why please know the midwife that’d be at the home birth would have the exact same guidelines to follow as a midwife in the hospital. they don’t receive different training and I think if anything, they’d be more invasive at a home birth. at least at the hospital they’re hardly in the room and leave you be when you want to be left alone. if it’s because you don’t want all the doctors and you want a nicer atmosphere than the labour suite, have you looked at birthing units/midwife led units? I know some ppl aren’t aware of these

- I was debating a home birth myself but for different reasons x

We are planning a home birth for my second baby due date 11 octobre. I have the best team for it. I hate hospitals (my first wasn't born at home but neither in hospital) and also all the obstetrical violences reported are wild. Fortunately my health and baby's health allows me to go for it at this point. Also this time I wish I can have my first born watching his baby sister deliver.