Yeah I had a big chat to her and thank god she is the kind of midwife that feels as though there is too much intervention in the medical system. She is pretty low key re: monitoring etc.

She was with me in my first birth (hospital induction) and from the beginning of that told me that there isn't any reason I can't Home Birth.

She didn't persist - but thinking about it - it's really the only model that will fit my beliefs and she is prepared to manage it.

The only thing she said she won't support is a physiological third stage purely for reasons of blood loss - but if that's what I have to compromise, then so be it.

Thank you for caring though - this is such a loving site