One of my sisters is going with a group midwifery program at the public hospital (it's the precursor for the birth centre they are building), but the other went private and after numerous interventions had a c/s. I'm confident my other sister will be fine after all the discussions we've had. C/s sister has had issues with bfing related to the ABs she was given in labour (thrush undiagnosed, mastitis, thrush still, it's a vicious cycle).

My SIL is a farm-raised NZer and had total confidence in her ability to give birth first time around at a public hospital. Short unimpeded labour and no intervention. She's having no 2 next month and will likely have another good birth.

I have talked in detail to all three, gave my sisters my birth plan, favourite books, etc. because they know I had such a great homebirth they did listen, just my sister who went private was quite afraid and very much trusted her inadequate care model.

I was stressing so much about my sister who went private (for good reason), but am just excited about the other two.