When Brodee Hyland gave birth to her second baby, a rush of phone calls, car packing and caring for her other daughter consumed her two-hour-long hospital labour. But when her third child arrived last year, Ms Hyland calmly gave birth at home, surrounded by family.
Ms Hyland's youngest baby, six-month-old Manari Kilian, was the 1000th bub born via the Belmont Midwifery Group Practice (BMGP)'s home birth program. It is one of just six publicly funded home birth units in NSW and provides mothers with a dedicated in-home midwife for all appointments.
