Hey ladies! Just thought I'd pop in and say Hi! I'm pretty bad at keeping up with "buddy" type threads - don't have enough time to devote to it these days. But I wanted to just let you all know that I'm hoping for another home-birth with this baby (bub #6, hb#3, if all goes well) and wish my fellow homebirth mums all the best! I don't have any experience with the Aus system of midwives, insurance, etc. since I'm Canadian, but I can share my experiences with anyone who's wondering what a home birth is actually like, etc, and how DH and I felt about it.

Oh - just a side note about that doula HotI - is it possible she misunderstood what you meant by assault? As in, she thought you meant women being beaten by their doc in labour?