I wish...

I had listened to my instincts about DH and hired a proper birth support person/Doula even though he didn't want that.
Someone had told me that when you push it's like you're doing the biggest poo in the world.
I hadn't bowed to the pressure from the medical profession and DH and had the induction - DS would have arrived at that time anyway and I would have been happier.
That I'd made more than one copy of my birth plan so when it was "lost" I didn't need to keep repeating all the parts of it, especially the part that said I didn't want drugs.
That you can rip any bloody monitor they put on you off if you don't want it on.
It REALLY doesn't hurt - I was expecting some pain, but seriously nothing. Then again, they'd managed to give me a spinal before DS actually came out, but I was pushing prior to any pain relief.