Your place or mine? Choosing where to have your baby…

You’re at your booking appointment, it’s quite early in your first pregnancy and the midwife says “so where are planning to have the baby?”….Erm…..?You don’t know what you don’t know, and funnily enough we’re not taught about the options of where we can give birth before we become pregnant. Most people don’t even know there’s choice. It’s a question both of us get asked frequently.In this essential episode of the Doula Doula podcast we take you through all the options of where you could choose to give birth, remind you of your rights where place of birth is concerned, and compare and contrast what is available and where. We also discuss if it really matters where you choose to have your baby (spoiler alert…it does) and why place of birth can ultimately influence the whole process.If you are on the fence about where to have your baby, or genuinely have no clue what is even available, this is the perfect place to start.(Leanne and Meg are Doulas working within the UK healthcare system and so information is UK-focused and won’t necessarily be relevant to maternity provision in other regions)#placeofbirth #birthplace #labourward #consultantled #midwifeled #highriskbirth #lowriskbirth #homebirth #birthcentre #deliverysuite #forallbirth #doulapodcast #birthypodcast #birthpodcast #doulabesties