I had planned on having my daughter in a midwife led unit however I was only 36 weeks when I went into labour however the birth was managed by my midwife with a neonatologist there to review my daughter after the birt.

For low risk pregnancys I beleive midwife led care during pregnncy, birth and postnatally should be an available option. I am going through the birth centre again this time. I want as minimal intervention as possible.

I feel that obstertricians have an important role in pregnancies with medical complications.

juju300 - if you are discussing statistics/studies many studies have been done that show low risk pregnancies and home birth is equally as safe if not safer than hospital birth for low risk pregnacies. Maternal and neonatal death rates are the same or higher for low risk pregancies in hospital compared to homebirths attended by qualafied midwives. I beleive that there is a place for obstertricians and that is in the hospital attending women who have medical complications of pregnancy.

I hope kelly doesn't mind but here is a link of one such article
Outcomes of planned home births with certified professional midwives: large prospective study in North America -- Johnson and Daviss 330 (7505): 1416 -- BMJ
there are many more if you choose to google the topic.

I think women should have the right to choose where they birth by being given accurate information.

I am a nurse and I think there are times when I see the worst outcomes of an illness and it skews my preception as I don't see the x number of people with really good outcomes as they don't need my assistance.