home birth in a flat???

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• madsbellsngeorge

  Sep 26, 2007 8:17AM

  Hi Laura I had a home birth plaaned for my second and I live in a flat so what I actually did was tell my neighbours that thats what I was planning and if anyone objected. Noone actually objected and said that was because I did inform them and all were quite supportive.
  
  Unfortunately my daughter came too early to be allowed my home birth.
  
  But I would say even my mw said it wouldnt have been a problem.
  
  Maybe have a chat with a couple of your neighbours to see.
  
  Hope this helps xx

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• lisagreener

  Sep 26, 2007 10:40AM

  Hi Laura, I live in a terrace house and was also concerned so I spoke to both sets of neighbours who were all very understanding. I was in labour all through the sunday night and had my baby at 05.31 Monday morning and neither neighbour heard a thing! It wasn't like I wasn't making any noise either, oh said I was like a caged bear! Good luck.

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• lisagreener

  Sep 26, 2007 10:43AM

  Oh yeah, one thing to consider is the weight of the water pool if you want one and you're not on the ground floor. Just a thought.

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• wannanother

  Sep 26, 2007 12:28PM

  hi thanks everyone, i am actually on the ground floor so at least thats a bit better, ill wait til ive spoken to mw and see if it would be possible and then ask the neighbours, thanks everyone!

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• UCanDoIt107

  Sep 26, 2007 1:00PM

  hi,
  I live in a semi with very very thin walls. I had a home birth and i seem to recall being quite loud lol. I didnt tell my neighbour i was having a homebirth and a couple of weeks later she saw me in garden with lo and said oh congrats when did you give birth! I told her i had him at home and she said oh i didnt hear anything and she was in at the time!
  

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