Postby mumhug » Mon May 21, 2012 7:46 pm
Hello,
I had a bad case of pre-eclampsia with my first and ended up with a c-sec so home birth wasn't an option. To be fair it was a pretty traumatic long-drwan out experience and the biggest problem was not really being told what was going on. However, although I did get it with my second it wasn't until 40+ weeks and i managed to have a vbac. It started to come on quite aggressively during the labour, but St Georges were good at doing everything to help me avoid another c-sec as was my wish. I'm now nearing the end of pregnancy number 3, but still no pre-eclampsia thankfully! I don't think i'd chance a home birth as there is no back-up if it starts to come back at the 'eleventh hour', but i did find St Georges helpful and respectful of my wish for a natural delivery - assuming that is the main worry you have about going into hospital. I suppose if things had gone wrong, i would have had to accept a c-sec, but my baby girl was in a good position and so apart from some intervention to speed things up (it was still 27 hrs!) it all went well and i'm heading back there for baby no 3!
Good luck with the midwife / doula hunt.