Hi,

First time round I had my DH and mum but I had a short labour drug free and thought that this time round I would offer for a student to be there so that they get the experience of a trouble free labour because so many people have epidurals or pethedine in the labour wards for their placements. My student mw is 4 weeks behind me in her second pg so it's been interesting being close to the same stage when I have appts. It's her 1st birth centre birth even though she's a second year. I'm aiming for a waterbirth again and she thinks it's wonderful to have the opportunity to see how that goes while she's still studying. If all goes well she's considering being a birth centre mw because it's a different environment completely in that there's less fear in the mum to be (usually) which leads to less intervention. So this time it will b DH, sis, n student mw.