Pixie she wasn't that bad a midwife, she'd checked me only 2 hours before and i was only 75% effaced, 2-3cm open....lol. She just didn't know me well enough to see how deep into labour i'd suddenly gotten.

It could be the NHS that;s behind, you never know with "guidelines". If you get 4 professors and give them the same set of studies to read they all come up with different guidelines!

Bx