Karen, a first-time mother, talks about the how she came to choose where to give birth. As a Vet with a husband who is an anaesthetist, they were hot on their research and took a very measured and evidence based approach to making their decision. Karen talks us through the research she did, both clinical and anecdotal through conversations with friends and how she did a full circle from wanting an elective c-section to deciding on a home birth. She talks about the benefits of having home visits from the same midwife from the home birthing team once their decision had been made and all of the other preparation, she was doing to for her upcoming birth.

Resources:

Give birth like a feminist. Milli Hill

Hypnobirthing. Practical ways to make your birth better. Siobhan Miller.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30063-8/fulltext

https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/npeu-report1-safety-of-birthplace-and-implications.pdf

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(19)30119-1/fulltext