Type 1 Diabetic, Home birth?

Hi i am 6 weeks pregnant with my 4th baby, im an insulin dependant diabetic who has tight control of my blood sugars, with the other 3 pregnancies i was induced at 38 weeks as that is the way my hospital deal with diabetic pregnancies. During those labours i have never required the glucose or insulin drip (IV) as my sugars run around 4 to 5 mmol/ls. All my pregnancies have been trouble free and apart from the inductions i have required no other forms of medical intervention. As this will be the last time i will get pregnant i would love to go until baby is “fully baked” and let myself go into labour when baby is ready, but i also want the freedom to move around, not be strapped to the foetal heart monitors. Id love to have a home birth but as im diabetic i cant really see thia happening.

It is unlikely that you will find any GP or midwife willing to allow you to take the risks of a home birth.

Believe me if, as I have, you have seen a healthy mum with past normal pregnancies and a trouble free pregnancy bleed to death in a fully equipped hospital while receiving blood transfusions and with a full obstetric team struggling to help her, you would think long and hard about wanting a home delivery!

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