Hello cricket long time no see and CONGRATULATIONS on the new baby on board!!

Bella: i hear you on creating the right kind of birth space. it can be really hard if there is someone there with even a small amount of anxiety or fear, so happy that you guys have worked out how to work it all out to the best outcome for all of you

Loulabelle: we prepared by reading "hello baby" (not the Mem Fox one lol)...lovely homebirth book. and also watching some truly AWESOME HB vids on youtube where there were other kids present. Leila could really relate to those videos. and we just generally discussed what might be happening etc. also having the appts with the midwife at home really helped as even though she pottered around and played while those appts were happening, she was still present and picked up on a lot of stuff. she also was a big helper with the doppler and measuring the fundal height etc, which i think took away some of the mystery etc.