DD1 was born at 4:30 am and DD2 at 5:30 pm. It was lovely and bright and sunshiney when DD2 was born and it was lovely! The only problem was organising DD1 to come in and visit - DH had to go pick her up - so I was just left alone for that time and then when they got back DD1 was hungry and tired and overwhelmed, and then they had to get home and get her fed, leaving me alone again. I preferred the daylight birth but then watching the sun come up over DD1's birth day was pretty good also!

Even though I spent some of my second labour in the bath, I can't imagine actually giving birth in there! I'm sure it is great, and the videos I've seen look fine, I've just never watched a water birth and gone 'I want that for me'.

I can't imagine giving birth without DH there, he just HAS to be part of the picture.