Read around, as the others have said. I was amazed at how little I knew about birth after my DD, even though I planned on a 'natural' delivery until that was taken off the table at 37 weeks. Her c/s was not traumatic, but in the back of my mind has always been the knowledge that it was not the best way to bring her into the world, for her or I. It was a decision taken on risks, which seemed to be all anyone talked about for her birth and for this one, until I got a bit of distance from the medical viewpoint.

This time around, I have no fear or anxiety but I'm comfortable that we have given ourselves the best possible chance of an empowering and wonderful birth. After so much, but what might go wrong?, it's liberating to be able to look forward to this DD's birth with anticipation and not trepidation. We are having our baby at home. Just the preparation is absolutely worth it from how differently I have been feeling for the last 15 weeks!