Teagz, I fully understand what you are saying and it's true - no one else does have the right to tell you what to do or dictate your choice, but you're not being completely ignorant about how you want to birth are you? You've decided that you want to do whatever it takes to get your babe out alive and I"m sure you know what your options are for that dont you? But to be completely ignorant isn't good at all - you cannot make the best decision for your health or the health of your baby if you do not know what choices you have to begin with - or that if you knew that you could say no to something or that you don't need a forceps/vacuum birth if only you could have just a little more time. It is no ones best interests to have complete blind faith in the medical system these days for anything, not just birth.
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As some of our longest serving mods will know, as I was doing my Birth Attendant/Doula course BB really changed and we had alot of resistance - people kicked up a stink, left, hated what BB had become. But it's now been 6.5 years and look how far we've come. BB members attending rallies at parliament, loads using doulas, more having homebirths - it's incredible. BB has become a powerhouse of informed and educated women, and I have learnt that you need to take it one day at a time, slowly slowly, and change does come. As more and more find out this info, the word spreads faster. The best thing you can do is to get involved as much as you can, keep positive and you will make massive change in people's lives and it's the blooming best feeling in the world for me 
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