I am starting to worry about this - I know that often the labour is induced/speeded up/forceps etc used for the benefit of the doctors and midwives, not the mum, but DH refuses flat out to believe that - because there would be more "people like us" who would complain. Not if we were told I or the baby were going to die, then DH would be pressuring me into being cut up or having whatever else done to me, whereas I won't believe them and would really resent it. I really don't believe that by asking for no intervention then we'll get it.

I think I'm going to prevent DH from being in the labour room with me. I'll go to the birthing centre but have him not with me until the baby's born. I don't really want him there anyway, so that won't be a problem for me. I'd rather do this with just a midwife than with a big support team anyway. I'll make him look at the stats too just to prove my case!