Just in regards to BMI as much of a pointless inaccurate measurement of health that it is for some Reason the NHS take it very seriously. There is no reason why women at low risk of complications during labour should not have their baby in an environment in which they feel most comfortable, Giving birth is a highly personal experience and there is no ‘one size fits all’ model that suits all women, Home birth 'could be best for many mothers', Low-risk pregnant women urged to avoid hospital births, New NHS guidance could mean thousands more home births, Women 'better off giving birth out of hospital'. To use this feature subscribe to Mumsnet Premium - get first access to new features see fewer ads, and support Mumsnet. I would like a home birth but I think my age, IVF pregnany and being overweight will render that unlikely. BMI is made my a mathematician and has been proven to be a load of rubbish so it annoys me that medics use it seriously. Xx, No it doesn't matter, and I did say to MW (midwife) that I don't mind where I am for labour but it's like when you get told you can't have something you really want it! “Our updated guideline will encourage greater choice in these decisions and ensure the best outcomes for both mother and baby.”. I did also ask her if on labour ward would I automatically be hooked up to a monitor because I want to have as active a labour as I can, and she assured me that they would let me be active unless there was a need to be hooked up. When I had DD (dear daughter) I started off in the MLU but as there was meconium in my waters I was moved down to labour ward. It would matter to me alot where the baby was born. One of the issues is that's it's often hard to locate the fetal heart beat with ladies with very high BMI's, so they want to be somewhere where they can use a fetal scalp electrode to listen to Baby instead of intermittent auscultation with a sonicaid. Usually for low risk pregnancies.all the proper blurb is here HTH and congratsHave a fab Christmas. If you're only just over and they've had no problems locating the fetal heart at all your appointments though, I'd have thought you might be able to talk them round. This is page 1 of 1 (This thread has 6 messages.). Don't get me started on BMI lol. My BMI is high but I have abs you could have grated cheese on (before being pregnant obviously not now) and I keep getting the overweight comments from my midwife and diabetes this and that rubbish and stop eating so much and loose weight etc etc. In a midwifery unit or a hospital, a baby born with a serious medical complication might occur in 5 out of every 1,000 births, but this rises to 9 in every 1,000 for home births, for first-time mothers. My bmi has had no effect on me or my pregnancy so I think that's why I feel a bit more adamant about going to MLU. Healthcare professionals should inform women of the options available to them and advise that they have the freedom to choose where they give birth. Significant differences between the Midwives' Unit and Labour Ward were found in … Please flag if you think our product match is incorrect. Will they ask me about where I want give birth? Looking through the notes I see that my local hospital has a midwife lead unit or a maternity ward. The association between co-sleeping and SIDS may be greater if a parent smokes, drinks alcohol or takes drugs before co-sleeping with their infant. Im a weight lifter and I weight crap loads and I also have natural GG cup boobs. Share your child’s messiest moments with Farrow & Ball - £100 voucher, virtual colour consultancy and F&B Modern Emulsion paint to be won. However, there were still 221 unexplained infant deaths in England and Wales recorded in 2012. If you are likely to want a birth pool, whale music and hypnobreathing then a midwife led unit would be more likely to help you there. You mention about moving and handling a larger woman....it is no different to how you would move a smaller woman. Get expert guidance from the world's #1 pregnancy and parenting resource, delivered via email, our apps, and website. I am a nurse so I know the guidance on this, I feel bmi is used against us ladies who are slightly bigger all the time.....and yet like morenica says there has been nothing in her pregnancy that has been of any worry! If you think you'd like an epidural, you want to be on a maternity ward with obstetricians and anaesthetists. The guidance recommends that home births are also equally as safe as a midwife-led unit and traditional labour ward for the babies of low risk pregnant women, except for first-time mothers. This product is displayed based on comments within this post. The cord should be clamped before 5 minutes in order to perform controlled cord traction as part of active management, but women should be supported if they request that the cord is clamped and cut later than 5 minutes. I've had run-ins with docs etc because of the antiquated BMI system which was invented in the late 1800's a lot has changed since then!! Thanks Olivia and Fish. Mid-wife led units can be based at hospital sites next to obstetric units or freestanding and based away from a hospital site. Hmmm, I would disagree with fish, my take on it is:"If you think you'd like an epidural then you want to be on the MLU and then transfer to maternity (Labour) ward at the point that you actually want the epi'. They can't agree between themselves where we should be. This is because the rate of interventions, such as the use of forceps or an epidural, is lower and the outcome for the baby is no different compared with an obstetric unit. I'm not really sure what the point of this post is, I was just feeling a bit low that my bmi could dictate where I would go, but also glad that the criteria for MLU may have changed. But to some extent it depends on the individual hospital so you'll need to ask them... Congrats on the impending arrivalIn VERY brief - maternity unit has doctors and is for any complications/risks and is usually close to a theatre. I'm guessing I have time to decide, I won't have to decide once and for all tomorrow?

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