Home Birthing

I am intending to have a home birth when I get pregnant and work with a midwife. I've always been in to alternative remedies and haven't been to a doctor since I broke my arm when I was a kid, so it only seems natural that I would choose a midwife. I chose this method because of the movie The Business of Being Born, which the sequel "More Business of Being Born" comes out on November 8!

Everytime I go to a hospital it feels "icky" so why would I want to give birth in one!? Giving birth is not being sick, your body is the most amazing thing, it is transforming before your eyes to push a baby out and no one, not even doctors could do that better than you can!

I also want to try hypnobirthing as well, which is the use of hypnosis during childbirth. It's supposed to eliminate pain by taking the fear of out birth. I'm currently waiting on my hypnobirthing guide to come in the mail (fingers crossed it comes tomorrow) so I will post more when I know more!

I thought it was funny when I was at work the other day and the ladies were all talking in the other room and one said "oh ya she had a home birth" as if she was a crazy hippie! I guess that's how people will see me. This world has become so medically focused that the idea of your body doing what is natural by itself, unassisted by drugs and forceps and pokey proddy devices seems ludicrous.

I guess that's what you have to live with when you choose to have a homebirth!