Just because I would like to know

[Empress Sage]

I want to have a homebirth (witha midwife) with my next child, which would be hard to do since I had C/S with my DD and I my SO thinks homebirths are for nutjobs, but since it's my body I think I get to decide in the end.

After you have the baby at home, though, how do you get a birth certificate and SSN#? Does the midwife do it? Do I do it?

[Carolyn]

I am a nutjob. LOL

Having a homebirth with a midwife with this child. I think midwives can help you with that information. In fact I have been thinking the same thing and will ask mine about it tomorrow.

I am in Canada so my answers may be different than yours. So maybe you could ask on the "ask a midwife" board

[karin]

My midwives filed the paperwork. :)

[djk42]

My midwives did it too. However, to believe that every woman prior to 1850 was a nut job is a little harsh, don't you think? :)

[midwifetx]

I guess that makes me the supernutjob of all time ;)

I've had three homebirths and one hospital birth with no drugs, a total of 112 hours of labor and an average baby size of nearly 9lbs.
:rolleyes:



It varies from state to state how you get your certificate. In TX the midwife just files it the same way the doctors do.

[ArmyBratMom]

i didnt even have a midwife, but all i had to do was get a confirmation i was pregnant from a dr, signed affidavit from an attendant, proof of residency, and a few forms of id, and took it to the city where i had the baby, and they filled it out and filed it.