our family and close friends know we're planning on staying home...they're all supportive...my best friend, who I supported through 2 hospy births commented that I was really brave to be planning on a homebirth - I kept my mouth shut. Workmates, if they ask where I'm having the baby, I just say Royal Women's, because I'll have a backup booking there...I don't share parenting values with the people I work with (some women I work with actually say they 'hate' being a mum) and have heard some of the people I work with make negative comments about the 'selfish' and 'crazy' women who think we should 'all be having homebirths' so don't really want to feel like I need to defend myself to people who's opinions I don't respect anyway :S Sad but true.