Just read through responses since I last visited.. again thank you for the feedback. I have to say I have never doubted my body's ability to birth - I too saw the epino as helping with 'warm-up' exercises for the main event. I have since decided to forego the product and put the $200 into my hammock (go Amby!). As you say Kelly, there is a very high rate of intact perineums with homebirths, and I trust my midwives and my body implicitly! Thanks again ladies, for your thoughts.