Midwives in a hospital setting

It sounds like maybe he was rushed to NICU and your wishes weren’t met because he was born so early. I wouldn’t completely knock the hospital because a full term birth could be a different experience entirely. That said, the hospital I delivered at with my first allows both midwives and OBs to practice there. I had a standard OBGYN and was allowed delayed cord clamping and since midwives are usually more supportive of natural & crunchy things, I’m assuming they would allow it as well. As far as time, I feel like every Dr judges that differently so I would ask your providers. I was tempted to decline an IV, but my drs said they place them for safety measures in the event something goes wrong and they need to dose me with something. However, I was never hooked up to anything and was able to move about while laboring. I was grateful to have it post delivery as I did hemorrhage and need lots of meds. Since it was already placed, they didn’t waste anytime providing me with what I needed.

I also had a doula. Since it was my first birth, I found her very valuable. She was able to recommend different positions to keep baby moving and in good position. When I was not progressing and the drs were recommending different measures to move me along, I was able to discuss the pros/cons with my doula and make a more educated decision. My doula also doubled as a birth photographer so we have pictures and videos to look back on that are absolutely priceless. I really experienced no cons! I didn’t decline any testing while pregnant and I did the glucose test (twice 😵‍💫). Nothing was really pushed on me in terms of testing, and I’d rather drink a sugary drink than risk the effects of gestational diabetes if not caught.

As above - baby was rushed to NICU coz he was prem, that’s standard they want to make sure baby is well and safe and healthy and breathing over your birth plan, that’s their priority. I saw a midwife my whole pregnancy no OB. I only had a 12w and 20w scan by choice. No glucose test because I was 90% sure I didn’t have diabetes or GD. And I didn’t do the Down syndrome test as I would’ve had the baby either way DS or not. My hospital does skin-to-skin and delayed cord clamp as standard unless issues arise. Like I was shaking for 30mins after birth and although they did put baby on me I pushed baby back off onto Hubby coz I was scared to drop him amongst my shaking. Hubby did the skin-to-skin until I came to and was able to BF. I did have an IV put in my hand but it wasn’t ever hooked up to anything so it was pulled out while I was BF (it’s there for emergency, but I didn’t need it) and yes you can decline any vax including Vit K Ring and ask the birthing centre as they all differ

I had a midwife that was able to perform a delivery in a hospital as well as a doula. Unfortunately my delivery didn’t go as planned and on day three of being at the hospital I ultimately had to have a c-section, but they were going have been able to honor everything that I wanted, golden hour, delayed cord clamping, etc. if I wouldn’t have needed the c-section.