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Went to meet the new midwife today at her home south of Fayetteville, TN (house is maybe 3 miles over the border). She seems nice. She has a double-wide trailer next to her house which is where she does the births. It's rather spacious and much better than one might fear.
JD and I were laughing recently on where our children have been (will be) born. Calvin was born in a restored Victorian house in a historic district on the east side of downtown Dallas. Nigel was born in a rented house on a county road on the edge of a tiny town. Monkey will be born in the middle of the country in a trailer home.
One bit of improvement with this birthing situation from Nigel's is that we are much closer to a hospital in case of an emergency. While JD assures me that it only took Nigel 30 seconds or so to start breathing after delivery, it felt like 15-30 minutes to me because I know part of me had enough time to second-guess choosing an option 30-40 minutes from a hospital. There is a hospital right off Hwy 231 about 10 miles from the new birth house.
Really, the only negative I feel about the switch is that there isn't a convenient place for JD to walk around. It is a narrow, winding country road with no shoulder. There seem to be a few subdivisions a few miles away that we could drive to, it's a bit of a hassle compared to the walking environment at the last two births.
JD and I were laughing recently on where our children have been (will be) born. Calvin was born in a restored Victorian house in a historic district on the east side of downtown Dallas. Nigel was born in a rented house on a county road on the edge of a tiny town. Monkey will be born in the middle of the country in a trailer home.
One bit of improvement with this birthing situation from Nigel's is that we are much closer to a hospital in case of an emergency. While JD assures me that it only took Nigel 30 seconds or so to start breathing after delivery, it felt like 15-30 minutes to me because I know part of me had enough time to second-guess choosing an option 30-40 minutes from a hospital. There is a hospital right off Hwy 231 about 10 miles from the new birth house.
Really, the only negative I feel about the switch is that there isn't a convenient place for JD to walk around. It is a narrow, winding country road with no shoulder. There seem to be a few subdivisions a few miles away that we could drive to, it's a bit of a hassle compared to the walking environment at the last two births.
