Good luck Em, how exciting!!

Thanks Jennifer13, that all makes sense yes you do get very disturbed in hospitals during labour! I found with DD1's labour it wasn't too bad but for DD2's birth it was slightly longer too, I was very annoyed by the mw's always checking the heartbeat like they were paranoid!! And coming in and out of the room even though my birth plan said 'limit noise minimal interruptions please' etc.... they just don't get it.... i know they have policies etc to check on patients but yeah its really annoying and it did delay my labour progressing a few times I believe but nonetheless I have had great hospital births compared to many people! I can't complain but I would love a HB next time around

Will be stalking this thread a lot.....