It would be nice if you could plan the time of day .. I don't want things to start at 3am this time! Being sleep deprived from day 0 is no fun, and the dawn sun coming in the patio door at 5am on a day that turned out to be 45+ degrees was glaringly bright. Of course it is winter this time ...

As to birth plans, I don't have one. Much the same as last time, just turn up and see what happens, and hope much the same as last time happens. But again, time of day matters - I don't know the night time midwives as well as the daytime ones.

Our hospital has policies as standard that are pretty good:

You get midwives not a doc - and they have a small staff, so the midwives that do your checkups are the ones you get at the birth. Last time the doc pretty much just popped in at the end to rubberstamp the paperwork.
One of the midwives is a lactation consultant wannabe (hasn't done the course yet). She runs the antenatal classes and does the hospital tours. Nice woman.
They're non interventionist and give you pamphlets on how bad cascading interventions from inductions are
They tell you they've got drugs in the cupboards but don't give them out unless you really want them
They don't usually monitor you (machine or lots of internals)
They leave you alone to do your thing, mostly. Or at least I barely noticed them last time.
They called the OR "that horrible room you don't want to end up in"
Bubs goes straight on your chest when born and they recommend letting bubs find the nipple themselves
The patio I mentioned is very nice and you can go out there and stomp around if you want. They also have a big bath you and partner can hop in, birthing balls, all sorts of fun stuff. And you get your own room afterwards.

The head doc is a Helga-esque country woman, very down to earth, and very proud of her hospital.