waterbirth vs. bed?¿

Question

So I hate hospitals for various reasons, but when I move (October) to a different town and get my own place im checking myself into a birthing center. I like the idea of food when you want it, all natural, water and relaxation, "home" beds and exercise balls.

I'm leaning towards doing all labor and delivery in the water because apparently its more relaxing for the body and a better entrance into the world for baby.

Thoughts?! first baby so I kinda wanna have fun with it lol

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I'm the same way I'd rather do my labor and delivery when I'm relaxed and in water then stuck on a bed hooked up to an iv. I'd vote waterbirth everytime

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I'm having my birth in a freestanding birth center. There will be a tub as well as a large stand in shower to labor in, but also birthing balls and a bed too. So, whatever feels right is what I'm gonna go with. No reason to plan since this is an experience and I simply don't know what is going to work best for me and baby:)

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I wanna do the same thing! And I'm hoping we find out we're going soon so I can see if they have a birth center rather than a hospital. I have the same thoughts, and I would rather be able to get up and move around. I don't wanna be hooked up to an IV and have to lay in bed the whole time. Good choice! :)

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No one says you have to be hooked up to an Iv in the hospital: you can skip the epi entirely of you like and rock a drug-free birth. Water birth terrifies me only because after my letter-perfect pregnancy, and a blessedly quick labor, things went downhill faster than I would have been able to get to the hospital from home. If you give birth at home, under any circumstances, have the right people with you. And by the same token any hospital that does not encourage and empower mothers to take charge of their birth, is not a good place to be. The hospital I went to for my son's birth is one of the best high risk hospitals in the country and they are very good about giving mom and dad choices about how to go about it safely.

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I wanted a water birth with my first so bad but my husband freaked out all worried something would go wrong. He freaked me out so bad that I gave it up haha. 
If I still lived back in the same place with my first then I'd have a water birth because of a doc who is also my mommas friend and she is like my aunt. I trust her. But living in a different state idk where I would go to have a water one and who I would trust and all that.

waterbirth vs. bed?¿

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