Just wanted to say that I had two highly trained professionals at both my births...midwives at homebirths are as trained as hospital midwives and carry lots of equipment. Birthing at home is different to unassisted birthing.

Truly I think men don't like the idea of Homebirth because they don't want to be responsible. They want to hand over the risk and I think that's fine. But a homebirth with midwives does hand over the risk and responsibility to others. It's almost like men imagine they'll have to take on some special role at a Homebirth (play doctor maybe?). They're just a husband, but supporting you at home not hospital.

Throughout this thread we have all said we respect our partners opinions etc, but are they truly respecting ours if they won't even consider an option? And to what extent is it our responsibility to educate them? If they truly want a say, then they should research and debate the options, or at least be open to information.