Well, after talking with the midwife yesterday DH has decided that we're going to the birth centre as he's not clearing up after me, baby is to have the injection in case of head bleeding and that I shouldn't believe that doctors at the hospital intervene for their sakes rather than the mother's all the time.

I am a bit upset about not having a home birth, but realistically I know I couldn't have a baby then in the next hour clean up the house, so I suppose it's a good thing. I'm putting on the plan not to offer me drugs, I think the midwife was a bit surprised at the force with which I said I didn't want to go to the hospital or have an epidural! DH still thinks I'll need medical intervention, which pees me off no end, because there's no way I'm going to be so drugged up I can't spell my baby's name, or can't push my baby out and need a vacuum, or whatever else.

I just think it's weird that you spend months not having any drugs at all (alcohol, caffine, nicotine, painkillers...) then with about two minutes to go, the doctors want to pump you and the baby full of drugs! Just seems a bit counterintuitive to me.