10/29/2025
This 🙏🏻 — As much as it breaks my heart to see families transfer from their planned home birth, safety will always come first — for both mother and baby. The emotional impact is real; there’s a deep sense of loss when the birth you envisioned changes course. I’m always honored to walk beside families through that grief and healing process… because I feel it, too. 💔
I try my damndest to never wait for that red flag. 3 yellow flags and we are transferring. 1 yellow perks me up, 2 yellows have me on guard, 3 yellows, we must go in. Might my transfer rate be a bit higher then others? Maybe. Some years for sure...others not so much. The key (my key) is to listen to my gut (some may call that the Holy Spirit). The end game is mom and baby being safe. Is there trauma? Yes, sometimes, but homebirth is not the be all end all. Hospitals and OBs are there for when we need them and I am grateful.
