EP15| Louise - Birth Centre turned C-Section, Posterior Baby & Positive Homebirth

<p>In this episode, we meet Louise who was educated for the birth of her first baby and really excited to birth through a Birth Centre.&nbsp;</p> <p>When Louise was pregnant she was accepted to birth at her local Birth Centre. She loved the setup and experience she had with continuity of care and the group of midwives she had. Her primary midwife was so lovely and I really made her feel supported to birth naturally.&nbsp;</p> <p>Louise was fairly well informed at the time however did have to compromise on several tests to comply with the birth centre policies to be allowed to birth there. She was so strict on herself that she didn't want a hospital birth at all and was fairly stressed towards the end that her weight/ gestation date would mean she could be transferred to the hospital, it really placed a heap of anxiety on her at the time. Louise had a stretch and sweep at 41+2, plus all the other things like eating dates, sex, RRLT, watching positioning from 30 weeks.</p> <p>Louise laboured at home for about 6 hours and then went to the birth centre and laboured for 12 hours mainly in the shower. She found labour manageable with hypnobirthing, in the shower and on a birthing ball.&nbsp;</p> <p>Soon enough she felt pressure to push but felt it was too soon. She had allowed numerous VEs and the next one showed she had a cervical lip and baby was now posterior. Lousie tried side-lying releases, into the bath on hands and knees but unfortunately, the time was up in the birth centre and she had to be transferred- she agreed to an epidural to relax the cervix to allow to dilate but unfortunately even with all the drugs it didn't, so reluctantly a section was the next step at 8 pm that night. Dan was born, 4.5kgs, 56cm.&nbsp;</p> <p>When Louise fell pregnant with baby number two she looked at local hospitals and birth centre's and something just didn't feel right here. &nbsp;At this time she had moved to Sydney and had clicked with a homebirth midwife and had explored that option as a way to move forward.&nbsp;</p> <p>Af