Montana Brown has revealed she plans to give birth to her breech baby at home despite being advised to have a C-section, she told fans on Monday.
The former Love Island star, 29, who shares 17-month-old son Jude, is expecting her second child with fiancé Mark O’Connor.
Montana is exploring giving birth privately after criticising her ‘inexperienced’ NHS midwives, who she claims ‘lacks training’.
The reality star said she was advised by her NHS midwives to give birth in hospital but she has insisted she wants to follow her head and heart and stay at home.
Montana claims the reason her midwives aren’t advising a home birth is because they haven’t been trained to give birth to breech babies – and said that her private midwife is confident she will be able to give birth naturally, despite being breech.
In a TikTok video, she said: ‘So we are obviously nearing D-Day and she is still breech and for me, my mindset is on a home birth and It’s really hard to find people who are supportive of a home birth especially in my position of having a breech baby.
Montana Brown, 29, has revealed she plans to give birth to her breech baby at home despite being advised to have a C-section, she told fans on Monday
Montana is exploring giving birth privately after criticising her ‘inexperienced’ NHS midwives, who she claims ‘lacks training’
‘Which has been really really tricky because if you speak to midwives who are a little bit older and have had their training, they are quite confident at birthing breech babies because from what I’ve heard it’s just a different form of vaginal delivery.
‘Yes there are risks but as there are with any birth and there are certain things you look out for and certain positions that are better in order to make sure that the baby is delivered in a safe environment.
‘The hospital I am with, who have been incredibly supportive and have given me a lot of different options, are very against me giving birth at home and also if she continues to stay in the same positions that she has been which is footling breach, they have completely advised me to not give birth vaginally and have given me the option to book in for an elliptical [C-section].
‘But a lot of the midwives that have been trained a lot more and have a lot of experience in delivery vaginal breach birth are not concerned about me giving birth at home so yeah there is a lot of conflict.’
She added: ‘A lot of midwives at the hospital have never delivered a vaginal breach birth which is obviously concerning for me.
‘But I can completely see that the hospital are cautious about me giving birth vaginally and on the birth centre if I don’t have an experienced time without me, so we are now diving into the private midwife route.
‘And I spoke to two amazing private midwives and they both feel really confident delivery breach babies.
‘My partner and my mum are a bit like “Can we just go to hospital, it seems safer” and my instincts and my heart is just worried that I am going to get pigeon holed to make decisions on the day when I am trying to remain really focused.
The former Love Island star, who shares 17-month-old son Jude, is expecting her second child with fiancé Mark O’Connor
The reality star said she was advised by her NHS midwives to give birth in hospital but she has insisted she wants to follow her head and heart and stay at home
Montana claims the reason her midwives aren’t advising a home birth is because they haven’t been trained to give birth to breach babies – and said that her private midwife is confident she will be able to give birth naturally, despite being breach
‘I’m worried on the day I’m going to be pushed into making certain decisions or not being listened too based on fear and lack of experience as opposed to being the right thing.
‘And I’m not slating the midwives or the care that I am receiving but I want all the decisions made on the day to be based on facts and what physiologically is going on in my body rather than people not knowing certain situations because of the lack of training.’
She captioned her post: ‘This is a birth update. Feeling a bit scrambled but my head and heart are wanting home birth and to listen to my body as much as possible #homebirth #maternity’
It comes after Montana revealed she was taken to hospital after being struck down with ‘the worst tummy bug’.
The reality star took to Instagram to give fans a health update after feeling extremely unwell earlier this month.
Alongside an image of her in hospital, as well as several of her snuggling up to 17-month-old son Jude, Montana told her followers how she was on the mend and was gutted to have missed out on several events.
The reality star also expressed her relief that her little boy wasn’t struck down with the same illness, as she credited his hugs and kisses for helping her get through her tough time.
She penned: ‘A compilation of my week having the worst tummy bug, ending in a lovely trip to triage as I was so dehydrated.’
Montana announced she was pregnant with her second child in July and took to her Instagram to share the happy news with her 1.1 million followers
Montana and Mark welcomed their first child Jude in June last year and announced they were expecting again just 13 months later
The star took to her Instagram earlier this month to give fans a health update after feeling extremely unwell
She penned: ‘A compilation of my week having the worst tummy bug, ending in a lovely trip to triage as I was so dehydrated’
‘Had so many gorgeous plans this week so gutted to have missed it all BUT on the mend. Thank god for my little angel boy being so good with me and giving me all the hugs & kisses thank goodness he didn’t get it!’
This is all the content I have for this week alongside me next to toilet bowls, thanks for all the recommendations too my lovely people xx.’
Montana announced she was pregnant with her second child in July and took to her Instagram to share the happy news with her 1.1 million followers.
Confirming that she is expecting again with her rugby player fiancé Mark, Montana wrote: ‘Two under two let’s go!’
Montana and Mark welcomed their first child Jude in June last year and announced they were expecting again just 13 months later.
The couple travelled to Santorini after they enjoyed a week-long holiday with their son in Montenegro and shared updates from their sun-soaked trip.
