I was out on pathway d/high risk pregnancy track after my 20week scan due to my arterial Doppler resistance (worry about blood flow from placenta to baby). I was really hoping for a home birth and am kinda terrified at the thought of being on the delivery floor at the hospital.
Has anyone gone ahead and had a homebirth after being considered a “high risk” pregnancy? Would love any insight from others who’ve been there
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Learn more about our guidelines.Thanks that’s great to hear. With my first I gave birth in a midwife led unit about an hour after arriving with no tearing, so I know in terms of unmedicated/laboring at home I can do it (also a BIG fan of tens machine!). My risk is mainly around being high chance for pre-eclampsia/reduced fetal growth so in my mind if by full term I don’t have it and baby is fine then I should be essentially be considered low risk but have been told that they won’t change my risk pathway at that stage. I have to speak to a midwife consultant to get signed off as having been told all the scary stats if I want anything besides a hospital birth - so it will be properly discussed. But really nice to just hear someone who kinda went against the standard advice and got the birth they wanted. Will check out the Instagram person as well - thanks xx

What’s tens machines do you recommend guys? I’m planning a home birth and there’s SO many home birth pages on insta which are super useful xx
I bought mine from boots. If you have a friend that bought one you can also buy replacement pads for them