Thanks everyone

Tegam - I would tell them to shove it too! How ridiculous!
Would love to hear all about your decision and how you got there, etc.

Kawazuki - No I didn't, I will hunt it down. So what would one need if one were to be 'prepared' for a free birth?

PB: Yep, I think the possibility of blood loss/PPH is my major concern if I were to birth at home...Having not had a VB the first time around, DH nor myself really have no idea as to what is acceptable loss and what is not.



Not the ideal situation I was hoping for, but DH (after initially rejecting the idea of homebirth, not for safety reasons but for practical ones) has now said "hey maybe we should have a homebirth"! lol
And after putting in 3 different enquiry forms to the Independent Midwife website thingy and having no response whatsoever, after having met and already sick of dealing with the hospital bullsh... I mean protocols...and the fact I have no intention of going to the hospital until I am already just about pushing if I did go, the notion of freebirthing is something I want to be 'prepared' for.

If I am still comfortable with it as I am now, it is something we will seriously look at. We are well and truly close enough to the hospital in an emergency, and I think if we were equipped both practically and informationally, then I can't see a real issue with it.