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Home Births Ireland

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  • 30-11-2020 2:35am
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    Apefin96
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭


    Hi, I'm a midwife In Ireland and I'm currently four weeks pregnant. I know it's still very very early days but I'm super keen to have a home birth but honestly have no idea how to go about doing it! Even though I'm a midwife, i work in a hospital so have no dealings with homebirths.
    I hope to go for hse public homebirths (the free option) as private is somewhat out of our budget but I wouldn't consider it if public isn't an option. I know that I should be eligible for homebirths from a health point of view as I'm aware if the policies. I know who my nearest midwife is as well.

    For anyone who has done it in Ireland before, how did you go about organising it? Did you book to the hospital first? Contact the midwife first etc?

    TIA


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    Shelli2
    Registered Users Posts: 928 ✭✭✭Shelli2


    A quick Google search shows the below from Citizens Advice with instructions on how to apply via your local health center.

    https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/birth_family_relationships/before_your_baby_is_born/home_birth.html#startcontent

    Best of luck. X


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    rosie087
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭rosie087


    Homebirths are available through the Domino scheme although I'm not sure if Domino is available everywhere. Places on the domino scheme are limited so if you're interested in that you should look into it and try and get a spot. Best of luck!


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    bee06
    Registered Users Posts: 4,514 ✭✭✭bee06


    rosie087 wrote: »
    Homebirths are available through the Domino scheme although I'm not sure if Domino is available everywhere. Places on the domino scheme are limited so if you're interested in that you should look into it and try and get a spot. Best of luck!

    Not every domino scheme does home birth. The Cork one doesn’t. There is a separate home birth scheme in Cork and Kerry though. https://www.corkandkerryhomebirth.com/home-birth-scheme


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    Ca_va
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭Ca_va


    Apefin96 wrote: »
    Hi, I'm a midwife In Ireland and I'm currently four weeks pregnant. I know it's still very very early days but I'm super keen to have a home birth but honestly have no idea how to go about doing it! Even though I'm a midwife, i work in a hospital so have no dealings with homebirths.
    I hope to go for hse public homebirths (the free option) as private is somewhat out of our budget but I wouldn't consider it if public isn't an option. I know that I should be eligible for homebirths from a health point of view as I'm aware if the policies. I know who my nearest midwife is as well.

    For anyone who has done it in Ireland before, how did you go about organising it? Did you book to the hospital first? Contact the midwife first etc?

    TIA

    I had a homebirth on my first and hope to again with this baby. It was a great experience. Your first step is to get your midwife booked in. If there is a self employed community midwife (SCEM) in your area get in touch with them and they'll help you from there. You'll do combined care with a hospital so you'll also need to register there as normal. As noted above, some hospitals offer homebirth through their Domino schemes as well, but the SCEM option is great as it is the same midwife the whole way through and your antenatal visits are at home.

    Happy to answer any other questions.


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    weirdcatlady
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭weirdcatlady


    Ca_va wrote: »
    I had a homebirth on my first and hope to again with this baby. It was a great experience. Your first step is to get your midwife booked in. If there is a self employed community midwife (SCEM) in your area get in touch with them and they'll help you from there. You'll do combined care with a hospital so you'll also need to register there as normal. As noted above, some hospitals offer homebirth through their Domino schemes as well, but the SCEM option is great as it is the same midwife the whole way through and your antenatal visits are at home.

    Happy to answer any other questions.

    Hi ca_va,

    Where did you find the SCEM? Is if off the HSE website?


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    vurstflavor
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 46 ✭vurstflavor


    Have you no friends that are midwives
    That can do the birth for you. I know some one who trained in uk
    And now teaches in ireland. She says the standard of midwives is very poor in ireland
    In London they did home births all the time or hospital births with no doctors involved
    In uk the first thing they teach is moving the baby around and removing the cord if it's stuck around the baby's neck.


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    weirdcatlady
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭weirdcatlady


    No im afraid not. I know ireland seems to be very restricted on options compared to other countries.


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    catrionanic
    Registered Users Posts: 2,091 ✭✭✭catrionanic


    Did you get sorted with the home birth arrangements? O have my SECM booked, just doing the HSE application forms now.


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    Ca_va
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭Ca_va


    weirdcatlady wrote: »
    Hi ca_va,

    Where did you find the SCEM? Is if off the HSE website?

    Yes, I just went through the list on the website. Demand has increased massively in the last year so it has become harder so secure one from that relatively small list!


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    Ca_va
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭Ca_va


    catrionanic wrote: »
    Did you get sorted with the home birth arrangements? O have my SECM booked, just doing the HSE application forms now.

    Thats great catrionanic, best of luck with it! I have my midwife booked as well, I'm so glad she was available.


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    weirdcatlady
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭weirdcatlady


    No didn't get sorted in the end, the 3 closest to be are unavailable, I've tried private midwives too with no joy!


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