I very strongly considered homebirthing my twins because, although there is a higher degree of risk, many of the potential risks can be discounted before labour (namely those risks concerning the presentation of twin1). In my case twin 1 was cephalic, so I was not concerned. Equally my twins were not identical and were full term, so many of the other risk factors did not concern me.

In the end I did go to a midwife unit in a hospital though, because I decided in my case I was uncomfortable with a 50 minute blue light transfer to hospital time. However this was my choice, made in collaboration with my obstetrician and midwives. If I had been forced into a corner of hospital managed medical birth with mandatory epidural and continuous monitoring, or doing it on my own unassisted I would have most likely chosen the latter. So are the times we live in sadly. I wonder if the women this story concerns was faced with such a dilemma?