While Obs have a wealth of knowledge in birth complications, they can also say whatever they want to say and believe. There is a notorious Ob who tells women there is no such thing as safe VBAC and why have a vaginal birth after IVF when you have gone through so much trouble to get pregnant in the first place.

Obs are specialists in birth complications so given their university training, they often look at birth as a complication (not all do). Midwives are trained in normal, physiological childbirth and deal with normal birth. They know, as we know by evidence, that babies can engage anytime, right up until labour without affecting outcomes. The baby knows when it's in the right spot and when it's the right time to engage. If you wanted to change lanes on a freeway, you'd wait before the traffic is safe, then indicate, then perform your manouvre. You wouldn't just change lanes while traffic is whizzing by for the sake of hurrying up - that can be dangerous.

Anyway, don't know how I came up with that analogy but I think it makes sense and I think Obs are just to used to women believing that since the Ob is the expert with training, they must be right. Please inform yourselves ladies - as I always say - they wont remember your birth in years to come but you will.