Just out of curiousity, did/do you have any "premonitions" about your birth? I didn't really with my hospital babies, but with my home birth ones, I did. Nothing major, just little things.
With DD3, my first homebirth, I knew she would be born in the bath. With DS, I had a strong feeling that he would not be born in the bath, but on my bed, which he was, even though I laboured in the bath from 6cm on. (he got stuck at pushing and we had to move.)
The thing is, I have this worry/feeling that I will have this baby on my own. My midwives have always arrived in plenty of time, and though I don't have long labours at all, they've never been so short that I can't call someone, so I don't know what's put this in my head. The idea of giving birth alone isn't too scary to me - it's the fear of hemorrhaging, afterwards, especially with this being baby #6. I'm sure it will be fine - I don't know what's giving me this idea. But it's been rattling around in my head for a while, so I thought I'd just put it out there.
Anyone else have any feelings about how something would go in your birth? Did it happen that way, or not?
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