My point was simply when so many women have waterbirths, or birthcenter births and homebirths second and third or more time around, do they wish they did that from the first, or would a waterbirth resulted in a simular result to thier first not so positive experience regardless purely because it was thier first.
I suspect (but don't know) that some women would have liked a home or water birth first time around but the information and 'confidence' wasn't available to them at the time.
I also suspect some women are looking for other options because their first birth experience was negative. If their first experience was less negative they may not feel the need to search for options. I know I was one of the ones who was in a hospital with a private ob and I was happy with my experience and will choose that path again (one of the advantages of this path is you can hand pick an ob and hospital that is most inline with your preferences), but I think if it had of gone different I may be looking for other options.
So the answer may be a bit of both