Update, I had a lovely visit yesterday. Love a delicious newborn!

Seems that I was wrong, my friend was able to deliver her placenta naturally so my information about the refusal of natural third stage was wrong. Very happy to find that out!! My friend's midwife sounded absolutely amazing. Very calm, supportive and knowldegable. She seemed to be fantastic at reading where my friend was up to without having to rely on examinations and let her do all the work on her own with only the necessary checks of heartbeat with the hand held doppler and a few well timed "you are doing well and looking so beautiful".

The couple are just enjoying the ease of the whole thing and shaking their head in disbelief that anyone could consider a homebirth abnormal! Pretty cool considering my friend's DH needed convincing in the beginning. Now he realises how lucky he is to be able to welcome his son in such a warm, loving and safe way.


The Sunshine program seems to be doing really well with a 100% success rate thusfar!

In terms of how to get into the program TeniBear, I am afraid I have no more information.... I guess just ask at the hospital... All the best though, everyone deserves to be a part if they want it.