Kell wait until after the birth! If i have ONE more person say "A HOMEBIRTH!?? WHAT, ON
PURPOSE!?" i'm going to spit! It is really annoying, especially now in front of DD, whose eyes widen at their tone- next i'll be defending the birth to HER! lol. People are just trying to be helpful but because every woman, every labour and every baby are so individual they don't get that THEIR way isn't the only way.
I once lost it with a work colleague when she was questioning my intentions/chance of "success" with my un-drugged home birth.
Her: You're having a homebirth!?
Me: Yes.
Her: But what about the DRUGS?
Me: I can have gas and air and morphine at home.
Her: But what about the REAL drugs!?
Me: i hope not to need them, since i can't have them anyway.
Her: But home birth is SO SO dangerous, didn't your Ob try to stop you?!
Me: (getting annoyed now) NO, my OB signed my homebirth off to the midwives!
Her: Well, you should get a new ob, he sounds like a cowboy.
Me: *sigh*
Her: I can't believe you're really going to risk a homebirth.
Me: You know, you're right. It is probably going to kill us both. I'm going to book an elective c-section at 38 weeks instead.
Her: But c-sections are REALLY bad.
Me: right, could you maybe write down a GOOD birth plan then, because i don't know what you did, so i obviously don't know the right way. In fact don't show it to me, pick me an ob and send it straight to him!
She later told my boss i was "very touchy with the hormones"
Bx