[QUOTE=Schmickers;961525]Not to be narky, but is this because babies are born differently in Australia, to the rest of the world? QUOTE]

The concersation was in relation to the UK where home births are more the norm, & more supported. Concerns in Oz being lack of access to private midwives, the high (and often prohibitive) cost of hiring them, the general discouragement of family and friends because it isn't seen as the norm, distances in Australia to hospitals if things do go wrong (we dont all live in the 'burbs)...shall I continue?