So there has been a huge swing in my birth plan because of the GD. I had to transfter care from my midwife to an ob. Which means my homebirth might have to be cancelled. However I am working on fighting for it. First thing, the College of Midwives has to be in agreement, then all the midwives at my practice need to be ok with it (there's 6, and none have ever done this before), and finally I need to find an ob who would be ok with it. My midwife is working on the college and the other midwives and is all for me having a homebirth despite the risks involved. The last one is proving the most tricky as I live in a very conservative city. We have 4 obs, 3 of which are very much in agreement with c-sectioning.
Sigh, which leaves the last one, Dr. Sutter. I had a very unpleasant experience with her and my first miscarriage which she was convinced I needed some sort of medical intervention for. Either something to speed it up or a D and C to clean me out. I declined and miscarried naturally the next day. However, my midwife says that she works the best with the midwives and is very much for vaginal births. Though she does perform abortions which I am very much against. And her people skills could use some work. But apparently she's brilliant, so we'll see.
I just really want to go to my first appointment with her prepared to present my case for everything, especially my homebirth in a very well layed out fashion. Meaning documented records, testimonies, medical information and such. This means alot of extra work for me, but this is something I am really willing to fight for. Most of all I don't want to go to the hospital in labor and have all these things thrown at me when I have said specifically I don't want them, I don't want to go in preparing for a fight. I don't trust doctors to ask before they do anything.
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