IMO if your having a trouble free pregnancy and no past history behind you of complications then I'd be thinking a public hospital is your best option. Higher chance of sucessful vaginal birth, patient to nurse ratio is lower in a public hospital (I guess it also depends on the private hospital itself but by law they dont have to have a certain amt of staff per patient as public hospitals do as far as I've been told), and why would you want to hire a surgeon to 'deliver' your baby?

I certainly dont believe I look down on anyone as in the end its your opinion that really matters, its your body and your baby, so long as you and your partner (or not) agree with your decision then who cares what other ppl think???

I'm happy to say I'm going public for the third time, I was going to go private (added the Obstetric's to my insurance and everything) for a long time but then I realised after thinking about it when I fell pg (and the hospital I would LOVE to use is too far away) that I dont need an Ob to 'deliver' my baby, I will be giving birth MY WAY with midwives, womyn (and 1 male midwife I know) who's job has been around heaps longer than any Ob!!!!!!!!!!

Oh and to top it all off, next month I will be giving birth naturally after having 2 caesareans!!!!

All the best,

Beck