Congratulations on your planned homeibirth!

I have had siblings present at my births & like some PP I coached my kids beforehand. I "made the noise that makes the baby come out" whilst doing the dishes, having a shower, folding the washing etc etc... I squatted, I got on all fours, I swayed my hips and I made the noise. Smetimetimes it was really loud and sometimes it was gutteral. But I just made noise. So they got used to the fact that labour is ouchy sometimes and we make noise...

I think it's important to be real. Some women are quite noisy some are quiet. Most women are both at different stages of their labors.

It's about preparation of the kids and you. When a woman is using a lot of throat noise in labour it usually tells me that there is fear or a feeling of not being able to cope with what's happening. Lowering the place the noise comes from is important. Think of the cows in the paddock they grunt it comes from right down low... That's how we know that the body is opening - when the noise is comign from lower down. So yes, it's important to remember this...

I just coax you to "make the noise that makes the baby come out" as much as possible in all the usual places that women labour - in the laundry, in the bathroom, bedroom in the car.... It then becomes "normal"... And you know what? There is nothing more normal than having a baby with siblings gathered around, at home mooing like a cow... I love it!