The trend here is right towards natural birth - minimal interventions, skin-to-skin for as long as possible as soon as possible after birth, breastfeeding, the works. They ask you before doing anything interesting, like vitamin K or breaking your waters.

Its a little hospital with two GP/Obs and a team of midwives, the expensive procedures just don't register on their radar. They'll do them, but will try and avoid them at all costs. Anyone who knows they are going to be very high risk tends to go camp out next to a big hospital once they get very pregnant.