I think I'll mention something silly the doctor said when I told her I wanted to home birth. At first her manner towards me changed and she became slightly more curt. Then she decided to rant a little about women who want to home birth and their midwives and proceeded to tell me of a worst case scenario story about a poor woman who tried to home birth but ended up in hospital and her baby died there. Then near the end of the consult (here's the really silly remark) she said "anyway you're free to do as you please and have a home birth if you like, just please...don't do it in a pool...because.....people drown" like WTH? Lady it's not some 300m by 600m super deep pool, it's the size of your average kids pool...I can't believe a doctor would be that ignorant?