Unassisted Birth

Hello coaches, I’m 17 weeks pregnant and I would love some coaching on my desire to have an unassisted home birth. I strongly believe that giving birth at home with only my husband present will be the best way to support myself and our baby.
Whilst I’m resolute in this belief I do notice thoughts cropping up that bring about fear. I would appreciate some help exploring these because they aren’t helpful to me and I suspect they’re a byproduct of my socialisation and my family/friends beliefs and not my own. Whilst I believe my body knows exactly what to do to birth our baby safely, the other thoughts are of the ‘what if…’ variety, such as what is something goes wrong, what if you need medical intervention etc…
I do think I need to consider strategies to support myself if my plan of an unassisted home birth doesn’t happen, as a back-up, but as its my plan A and something I’d really love to happen, I don’t want to go for it while being subconsciously fearful.

 

 

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You mentioned that you do think you need to consider strategies, so what if all your “what ifs?” are there to serve you?