No, I never thought about heading to the hospital with any of my home birth babies. There were times when I wished they could bring some sort of magical pain relief to me, but I never wanted to go anywhere. I was shocked when my midwife suggested that we might have to when I was having a hard time pushing DS out. In my head I was like "What?! Why?! We're fine! I've only been pushing for a couple minutes!" when it had actually been just about an hour and he hadn't budged yet. The thought of trying to move ANYWHERE at that point was completely ridiculous, let alone getting down the stairs, out the door, into an ambulance, and driving 30 min to hospital. Not happening. Thankfully it made me mad enough that I had just a little extra burst of energy that got DS around the pelvic bone and out with the next couple pushes.

About Princess Kate - I figure going in at 6:00am was probably the best time to avoid the ridiculous crowds around the hospital, regardless of where she was in labour. Could you imagine? If I was her, I'd definitely have planned to have the baby at home! I would absolutely hate all that constant attention. And close up photographs of you and how you looked and what you were wearing 24 hr post-partum, to be plastered all over the front page of newspapers around the world. Ugh. She looked amazing. I hope she felt good!

In other news, I noticed they brought baby George home swaddled in the same blankets I have for DS.