Sometimes homebirth doesn’t go as planned and transfer to hospital is required. This doesn’t mean your homebirth failed! Planning a homebirth improves your chances of a good outcome even if you end up birthing in hospital. Today Abby Sidery from @birthcirclesydney talks to us about her homebirth transfer and why it was still the most exhilarating experience even though nothing went to plan.

Other episodes that are mentioned throughout her story include:

• 44. Prelabour rupture of membranes
  
• 79. Wise women Sheryl Sidery
  
• 112. Is CTG in pregnancy beneficial?
  
• 113. CTG use in labour and birth
  
• 114. Is CTG ever beneficial?
  
• 133. The risks of induction pt 1
  
• 134. The risks of induction pt 2
  
• 33. Induction
  
• 26. Breech Birth with Andrew Bissits
  
• 19. The Perineal Bundle
• 101. The brain and body in labour with Dr Sarah Buckley

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