I really am not sure what I want to do. I have had friends that had amazing home births and I really would like to experience that. Had I not had a C-section I would do it in a heartbeat but I think I am leaning towards a birth center. It is still rather "medical" but I think it would be a good middle ground. They have amazing birth tubs there. The main reason I want a homebirth over birth center is I would only have ONE midwife where as I would have 6 possible at the birth center kind of like an OB office. I would also like to be in the comfort of my home but that will entail cleaning it .... and it might be kind of nice to just have it all pretty and ready at the birth center. One plus for the birth center is the proximity to the hospital. It only takes about 10 minutes to get there from our house but its only 1 mile from the birth center. I am hoping that will not matter though... but due to the very small risk of uterine rupture it may be good to be close. The only reason I needed a c-section was due to poor positioning and that would not have been an issue had they not broken my water and I needed an epidural because of the horrible pitocin contractions. So had I been given some movement options I am sure I could have pushed him out. Its a good thing that my body dialated all the way as that means it *should* this time as well. I also had a new nurse that didn't help me move positions when it was time to push even though we knew he was "stuck". If I could have done it again I would have kept pushing...but nothing I can do about it now but make better choices this time!
I am really excited to let my body do what it was made to do in a natural way!
Ah, decisions decisions.
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