i'd be very interested to...obviously the trailers are meant to show the extreme sometimes, but i'd have to say, i'm glad i am in the UK.

both my boys were born in the hospital, naturally, and with midwives around, no doctor intervention. when #3 comes along, i am staying at home with a birthing pool and 2 midwives =)
 

See, I like the idea of a midwife... I think they tend to be more patient and have better bedside manner than most OB's... but if I went the midwife route, I'd still stick with the hospital setting... the home thing would just make me nervous. (though the pool/bathtub thing looks like it would feel SO good... )
 

do they not have a birthing pool at the hospitals??
with noah i was in a 'birthing center' which is midwife run, BUT it was at the hospital and just a few yards from the normal delivery suites and doctors. it just way more low key, in your own time and there is a kitchen stocked with food for you! my midwife, bless her heart made me a banana smoothie as i lounged in the tub throughout my contractions!
i was planning on a water birth, but i went faster then they thought and so the pool wasn't filled yet! oops =)
 

Janelle, I haven't done the research, but I'm sure one or two of the rooms have birthing tubs... and actually, there is probably a natural birthing center within the hospital (St. Joes). I know they have a whole staff of midwives. Since I'm more interested in the epidural than the warm water, I never looked into it. ;)
 

Gee, that ad for the documentary surely makes it look as though the filmmaker will be impartial!
 

LOL... yeah, I know. ;) Scare tactics, much?