Yeah- I'm not approaching a homebirth as a woman with prior birth trauma. I always wanted homebirths but based on the cost I decided to save on one birth and had my son a FBC. There were some issues with that- mainly my anxiety through the pregnancy about what midwife I would get, whether I would be classed 'high risk' and have to leave the birth centre and also having to birth my son on a birth stool to get him out quickly to avoid transfer and vacuum after 2 hours of pushing, which resulted in tearing. That wasn't optimal but it didn't make me feel upset about my care or labour.

I still really want a homebirth as I know it's in my life journey, and I do want to avoid some aspects of my previous pregnancy and labour experience. But I guess I don't feel like I need it so much that it's easy to throw 1000s of dollars to the cause. I guess my main thing is the post-natal costs. I could spend $1000 just on that alone and the thought freaks me out. I guess cause it's an unknown. I'll know before hand the ante-natal and birth costs but post-natal is a gamble.