-- well what created the emergency in the first place? Alot of babies are born in 'emergencies' these days. .
This is so true. I think society has put upon us a fear of birthing - so we hand ourselves over to the medical institutions to care for us, because we are not informed as to how to take care of ourselves..... and many of us do not seek this information, we simply go along to our monthly/fortnightly/weekly appointments and smile when the ob says "yep everything is fine".

I know 5 other people who are due at around the same time as me. Not one of them had any idea what a doula was, and all of them think i am some weird freak for planning a homebirth. None of them have done any investigations as to what happens to them, one didnt even know about the stages of labour! I mean c'mon!!!!!!!!