BB has definitely changed my mind on HB. I wasn't really anti-HB to start with but I did fall for the scaremongering that it wasn't safe.

Having said that, I had a very long labour first time around ending with forceps and my gut feeling is it's likely to be long if I go for a second one. Nothing really to base that on, apart from gut feeling.

So my ideal scenario would be to see a midwife AND an obstetrician throughout my pregnancy then labour at home with the midwife and if there were 'problems' be transferred to hospital with my midwife and my ob there to do any medical stuff if need be.

Given those options aren't available and/or would be outrageously expensive, I'll stick with my ob and hospital, possibly with a doula.

But if I'd had a quicker, less complicated labour first time around, I'd be keen for a homebirth and I actually defend it to the hilt (with the facts) when others talk about it disparagingly.