My sister, who has just turned 8, will attend our home birth. We are very close, and I think it will be a wonderful experience for her. She is really excited, after spending lots of time thoughtfully considering all the 'possibilities' such as lots of blood and noise and all that.

She is going to take photos, and will have my / our mother there as a support person for her. So we will have 2 indy midwives, a doula, my DH, my sister, my mother, and big enormous me! A lot of people in my apartment!

The only thing that bothers me is - I feel a bit like we are excluding my dad? I have no other siblings, so mum, sister, and I will all be there, and he will not. But it's already too many people haha!