Hi all,

I am keen to hear from you all about how to approach my pregnant friends about their birth choices. Quite a few of my friends, family members and colleagues have become pregnant over the past year or so, and because I believe that women should make informed choices about their births, I am keen to share information with them about birth preparation.

However I find myself getting too excited sometimes, and perhaps too quiet at other times, because I feel cautious about not overwhelming them with information, not scaring them with statistics (if you choose a private hospital, the likelihood of a caesarean birth is...), but at the same time ensuring I've done my duty to the sisterhood in arming them with the best information so that they can make the best choices.

Does anyone have any tips about how to find the balance here? What do you say to your pregnant friends? And what would you have liked to be told by other women when you were pregnant?

Sarah.