"Supported for our Homebirth"

When I found out I was pregnant earlier in the year, I secretly praying for a home birth, but not really believing I would get my turn to share my story. 

I could not have asked for more and had what I consider the most perfect birth I could have wanted. I’m a first time mum so know the chances of being allowed to home birth especially with covid etc were perhaps smaller, how wrong was I. I’m under the Southern Trust and Paula is quite possibly the best woman I could have asked for to help me through the day, I doubted my self MANY times however she knew I could do it. After only going on call on Monday when I just turned 38 weeks, she sent me a wee message Tuesday morning just asking how I was and I don’t think she was expecting me to reply saying I’m pretty sure I was having contractions, she dropped her appointments and came out to see me just to check in and never left. There were times I basically said I’m not getting anywhere and this isn’t working to which I was reassured that my body was taking its time to get my baby out and it would be better this way in the long run to not rush things and my baby or me was not distressed. She went above and beyond in her care and reassurance for me, my husband and baby. My birth plan (which many people said don’t do it will go out the window anyway) was followed to the end, including making sure I would have my little one in the water, allowing husband catching the baby, making sure he was the one to tell me the sex of her, fully waiting until the cord was white to be cut and allowing us time as a family to process what had just happened. ❤️

At times I felt like I didn’t know what decision was best to be made… such as what to do about getting the placenta out and Paula was always my biggest advocate of getting things done efficiently yet with my best interests and care at heart, helping me to birth it naturally ❤️

The following couple of days I’ve had messages from Paula to make sure I was ok and she came out to see me today which was lovely. I genuinely don’t think I would’ve been able to do it without her. The other midwife Ghillian was a superstar too along with the student Hannah who I feel I may have traumatised after finding out it was her first year of placement and first birth ever! The ladies in Banbridge are absolute angels and helped me, my husband and little Eimear more than we can thank them for. ❤️

Good luck to everyone wanting their home birth and don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do it…. Get Paula on your case and it will sail through! ❤️👍👍👍