Hi ladies! I'm new to the forum.
For those of you who planned a home birth, did you encounter a lot of negativity and how did you get past it? I've only told two friends - one of whom was over the moon for me and the other was shocked and appalled.
I wish I could say that I wasn't affected by the latter but it has made me feel nervous about sharing what was meant to be happy news with family and friends in the future. I strongly feel that having a support system if anything for emotional health, is important when it comes to a drug-free birth. Would I be better off keeping this to myself the rest of the way? Just to close the doors on any unnecessary negativity which unfortunately affects me quite badly.
I chose a home birth after months of thorough research and believe that it is the safest option for my baby if I am having a low risk pregnancy. I am surprised that not everyone feels this way. I guess the general perception is that we should remain in the hospital even if we want a drug-free birth. But I don't want to be in a hospital, in labour and having to fend off intervention after intervention and being pressured or frightened into having unnecessary drugs that are potentially harmful to baby. Neither do I want to go through explaining this to someone who knows nothing about home births (or even a natural birth really), yet is convinced it's dangerous.
For those of you who planned a home birth, did you encounter a lot of negativity and how did you get past it? I've only told two friends - one of whom was over the moon for me and the other was shocked and appalled.
I wish I could say that I wasn't affected by the latter but it has made me feel nervous about sharing what was meant to be happy news with family and friends in the future. I strongly feel that having a support system if anything for emotional health, is important when it comes to a drug-free birth. Would I be better off keeping this to myself the rest of the way? Just to close the doors on any unnecessary negativity which unfortunately affects me quite badly.
I chose a home birth after months of thorough research and believe that it is the safest option for my baby if I am having a low risk pregnancy. I am surprised that not everyone feels this way. I guess the general perception is that we should remain in the hospital even if we want a drug-free birth. But I don't want to be in a hospital, in labour and having to fend off intervention after intervention and being pressured or frightened into having unnecessary drugs that are potentially harmful to baby. Neither do I want to go through explaining this to someone who knows nothing about home births (or even a natural birth really), yet is convinced it's dangerous.