i am hoping to go to a birth centre and this is my first baby they send u home on early discharge after 24 hours too but the difference is it is attatched to a hopital so if u don't want to go home you go to the hospital side of things... maybe if u are worried or having trouble you could get admited to the hospital afterwards, not that u probably want that... i know what u mean with the birth centre being a nice environment that u dnt want to leave perhaps if you can afford it you can look into a private birth centre? think u can stay there longer? not sure sorry