Thank you for your posts!

Flowerchild - I thought about changing Obs, but the midwife saying she rarely sees anyone birth in any other position concerns me that all the Obs here must have the same concept? She said they preferred women deliver on their backs because there is better head control and if anything needs to be done quickly (shoulders get stuck or something) it can be. It's not like I was expecting my Ob to deliver my baby in the shower - I just wanted to kneel on the bed. I have an understanding of those natural instincts during birth, because that's all I used to birth my first baby. It was my instincts that told me it was time to get on the bed and rock on my hands and knees - before they knew it, the baby was crowning.

Kazbah - It was in my birth plan but I guess when I gave it to him, he overlooked that part?! I didn't bring it up in conversation because I honestly thought it just wasn't something that was practiced now a days. I thought everyone birthed how they liked, birthing chairs, standing, squatting etc. We mainly discussed how I wanted another natural birth with no intervention and no drugs etc. and we discussed things like his c section rates etc. This was all discussed before 30 weeks and I went two weeks early, so maybe he would have discussed it more at one of the last two appointments I should of had. I can't fault his care otherwise, so maybe I'm just being a sook and am letting it bother me more than I should.

Contractions were so much easier to deal with and handle this time compared to my first, but the birth canal part was much worse than I remember. The first time I actually thought the contrax were worse than her crowning and total opposite this time. With DD1 I went public, this time private. The first time I loved the birth and birthing suites, thought they were well equipped! But I really hated the ward and the MW's were too busy to help me with anything (most importantly breastfeeding - so I really struggled establishing it) and I was out 24 hours after I delivered. This time, I hated the birth suite - thought the public hospitals birth suites were better equpped but LOVED the ward and my own room, MW's and help. I really don't know which is more important now.... downsides to both.