Kate if i were you , and being open to a HB i would go with that for your first. it is much better to have tried everything 1st time and had an empowering birth then go in to the hospital setting not totally sure about it then getting steamrolled into an experience that you didnt want.

i wish i had done it 1st time round.. i have a close friend who was the same and she ended up being forced in to a c/s due to fail to wait. we both went on to have glorious HBs with our 2nd babies and she is pg with #3.. you can guess where that is being born..